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Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea. | Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea. | Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea.<ref name="pmid29085272">{{cite journal| author=Kumar R, Bhargava A, Jaiswal G| title=A case report on total pancreatic lipomatosis: An unusual entity. | journal=Int J Health Sci (Qassim) | year= 2017 | volume= 11 | issue= 4 | pages= 71-73 | pmid=29085272 | doi= | pmc=5654180 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29085272 }}</ref> | ||
* Intestinal causes: | * Intestinal causes: | ||
** [[Infection|Infections]] | ** [[Infection|Infections]] |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2] Sunny Kumar MD [3]
Overview
Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea.
Classification
Steatorrhea may be classified based on etiology into 4 types, intestinal, biliary, and pancreatic steatorrhea.[1]
- Intestinal causes:
- Biliary tract causes:
- Biliary atresia
- Biliary Stricture
- Tumor of biliary tract
- Gallbladder stones
- Pancreatic causes:
- Congenital lipase enzymes deficiency
- Cystic fibrosis
- Inflammation of pancreas
- Pancreatic tumors