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1 SERVICE OF PEDIATRIC GASTROHEPATOLOGY How to really implement a control quality ? Virtut Velmishi « Mother Teresa Hospital » Tirana-Albania 2 What are people thinkıng ? Brain tumor or leukemia are « true » disease What kind of disease is CD whose treatement is only diet 3 Money or idea ??? 4 Different countries, different economies GDP ( per capita) • France • Italy • Spain • Turkey • Montenegro • Tunisia • Albania (nominal) 42793 $ 36267 $ 32360 $ 10522 $ 7316 $ 4351 $ 3992 $ 5 How much cost the diagnostic of CD in Albania? Public health care • Ig A t TG • • • • • - Free IgA totale - Free IgA anti EMA- not performed HLA DQ2/DQ8-not performed Intestinal biopsy- free ( children > 3 y) Biopsy interpretation –free Private (clinics and hospitals) 20 euros 13 euros 40euros 50 euros 90 euros 30 euros 243 euros 6 What can we do? 1. Collaboration with specialised centers abroad • Sending blood samples or saliva for HLA • Sending images of intestinal biopsy • Training for biopsy by capsule (for children< 3 y) 7 First collaboration with Naples This is a biopsy of a child who is suspected for coeliac disease.Biopsy is performed in Albania and the images are interpreted in Naples The biopsy is within the normal limit. The ratio villi/criptae is difficult to measure, because of orientation problem of the sample, but in the observed villi it appears normal, The number of Intra-Epithelial Lymphocytes if around 20% : quite normal. The mitosis in the crypts are rare (slow proliferation). 8 Collaboration is necessary for small centers Naples Tirana 9 Great news from Albania! • In March 2012 we have created the first Albanian Coeliac Association (ACA) 10 THANK YOU! Thank you!