Pancreatic insufficiency
Template:Search infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Pancreatic insufficiency reduction in the exocrine pacreatic function with maldigestion.
Overview
Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Diabetic gastroparesis, Hyperparathyroidism |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Chronic pancreatitis, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetic gastroparesis, Gallstones, Hemochromatosis |
| Genetic | Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, Annular pancreas, Ataxia telangiectasia, Congenital lipomatosis of pancreas, Congenital pancreatic dysfunction, Congenital partial lipodystrophy, Cystic fibrosis, Havlikova syndrome, Hemochromatosis, Hereditary pancreatitis, Homocystinuria, Johanson-blizzard syndrome, Juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome, Pancreatic agenesis, Pearson syndrome, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, Situs inversus totalis with cystic dysplasia of pancreas, Wolfram's disease |
| Hematologic | Acute intermittent porphyria |
| Iatrogenic | Pancreatectomy, Partial or total gastrectomy |
| Infectious Disease | Mumps |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | Gestational diabetes |
| Oncologic | Pancreatic cancer, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, Lupus, Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Trauma |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Chronic alcoholism, Pancreatic cyst, Pancreatic duct obstruction, Pancreatic pseudocyst |
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms
- Fatty stools
- Muscle atrophy
- Weakness
- Weight loss
Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Pancreatic insufficiency
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Chronic alcoholism
- Congenital pancreatic dysfunction
- Cystic fibrosis
- Enzyme deficiency
- Hemochromatosis
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Idiopathic pancreatitis
- Lipid metabolism disorders
- Neoplasm
- Pancreatectomy
- Shwachman syndrome
- Stomach surgery
- Trauma
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
References