Symptom Finder - Malabsorption Syndrome
MALABSORPTION SYNDROME
A 38-year-old white male comes to you because of chronic diarrhea and weight loss. A quantitative stool fat is elevated, a D-xylose absorption test is positive, and his urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) is increased. You diagnose malabsorption syndrome. What else could he have?
1. Chronic pancreatitis
2. Carcinoid syndrome
3. Whipple disease
4. Celiac disease
5. Crohn disease
6. Postgastrectomy malabsorption
7. Small bowel resection
8. Amyloidosis
9. Abetalipoproteinemia
10. Intestinal lymphangiectasia
11. Tropical sprue
12. Pancreatic cancer
13. Cystic fibrosis
14. Intestinal parasites (e.g., Diphyllobothrium latum)
15. Drug toxicity
A 38-year-old white male comes to you because of chronic diarrhea and weight loss. A quantitative stool fat is elevated, a D-xylose absorption test is positive, and his urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) is increased. You diagnose malabsorption syndrome. What else could he have?
1. Chronic pancreatitis
2. Carcinoid syndrome
3. Whipple disease
4. Celiac disease
5. Crohn disease
6. Postgastrectomy malabsorption
7. Small bowel resection
8. Amyloidosis
9. Abetalipoproteinemia
10. Intestinal lymphangiectasia
11. Tropical sprue
12. Pancreatic cancer
13. Cystic fibrosis
14. Intestinal parasites (e.g., Diphyllobothrium latum)
15. Drug toxicity
