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===Due to Digestive Failure===
===Due to Digestive Failure===
*Pancreatic insuffeciencies:
*Pancreatic insuffeciencies:
**[[cystic fibrosis]]
**[[Cystic fibrosis]]
**[[chronic pancreatitis]]
**[[Chronic pancreatitis]]
**[[carcinoma of pancreas]]
**[[Carcinoma of pancreas]]
**[[Zollinger-Ellison syndrome]]
**[[Zollinger-Ellison syndrome]]
*[[Bile salt]] malabsorption
*[[Bile salt]] malabsorption
**terminal ileal disease
**terminal ileal disease
**[[obstructive jaundice]]
**[[Obstructive jaundice]]
**[[bacterial overgrowth]]
**[[Bacterial overgrowth]]


===Due to Other [[Systemic Disease]]s Affecting GI Tract===
===Due to Other [[Systemic Disease]]s Affecting GI Tract===

Revision as of 17:13, 30 November 2012

Malabsorption

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Overview

Classification

Infection
Structural defect
Digestive failure
Systemic disease
Iatrogenic

Differentiating Malabsorption from other Diseases

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Causes

Due to Infective Agents

Due to Structural Defects[1]

Due to Mucosal Abnormality

Due to Enzyme Defeciencies

  • Lactase deficiency inducing lactose intolerance (constitutional, secondary or rarely congenital)
  • Sucrose intolerance
  • Intestinal disaccharidase defeciency
  • Intestinal enteropeptidase defeciency

Due to Digestive Failure

Due to Other Systemic Diseases Affecting GI Tract

References

  1. M. S Losowsky,. Malabsorption in clinical practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-01007-2.