Diagnosaurus
Malabsorption
Etiology
- Small bowel: celiac sprue, Whipple’s disease, tropical sprue, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, small bowel resection, Crohn’s disease
- Lymphatic obstruction: lymphoma, carcinoid, tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), Kaposi’s sarcoma, sarcoidosis, retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Pancreatic insufficiency: chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic cancer
- Bacterial overgrowth, eg, diabetes
- Reduced bile salts: ileal resection, Crohn’s disease, postcholecystectomy
- Strongyloidiasis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Malabsorption." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114480/all/Malabsorption.
Zeiger RFR. Malabsorption. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114480/all/Malabsorption. Accessed December 26, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Malabsorption. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114480/all/Malabsorption
Zeiger RFR. Malabsorption [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 December 26]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114480/all/Malabsorption.
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