Causes of fatty diarrhea

Likely causes of fatty diarrhea

Malabsorption Syndromes

  • Mucosal disease (celiac disease, Whipple disease)
  • Small bowel bacterial overgrowth
  • Chronic mesenteric ischemia
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Postgastrectomy syndrome

Maldigestion

  • Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
  • Orlistat ingestion
  • Inadequate luminal bile acid concentration
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