Differential diagnosis of malabsorption causing chronic diarrhea are :
-diabetes ( bacterial overgrowth)
-celiac sprue
-tropical sprue
-Whipple disease
-Crohn’s disease
-eosinophilic gastroenteritis
-small bowel resection
-lymphoma
-tuberculosis
-carcinoid
-Mycobacterium avium complex
-retroperitoneal fibrosis
-sarcoidosis
-kaposi’s sarcoma
-pancreatic cancer
-cystic fibrosis
-chronic pancreatitis
-ileal resection
-postcholecystectomy
-Crohn’s disease
-diabetes ( bacterial overgrowth)
-celiac sprue
-tropical sprue
-Whipple disease
-Crohn’s disease
-eosinophilic gastroenteritis
-small bowel resection
-lymphoma
-tuberculosis
-carcinoid
-Mycobacterium avium complex
-retroperitoneal fibrosis
-sarcoidosis
-kaposi’s sarcoma
-pancreatic cancer
-cystic fibrosis
-chronic pancreatitis
-ileal resection
-postcholecystectomy
-Crohn’s disease