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Malabsorption is defined as deficient absorption of any essential food materials within the small bowel. It can be primary or secondary. Celiac disease is the most common cause of primary malabsorption. Possible origin of secondary malabsorption consisted in a wide spectrum of diseases: parasites infections (Giardia, etc.), inflammatory condition (enteritis viral, bacterial, fungal, chronic inflammatory bowel disease), mechanical defects (fistulas), neurologic disorder (functional diarrhea in diabetes), endocrine disease (Zollinger–Ellison syndrome), drugs (cathartics), systemic disease (scleroderma, lupus, polyarteritis, amyloidosis), lymphoma, benign and malignant bowel tumors, pancreatic disease (pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, cystic fibrosis, pancreatic cancer), and hepatobiliary disease (biliary obstruction, chronic liver disease).
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Paolantonio, P., Dromain, C. (2014). M. In: Imaging of Small Bowel, Colon and Rectum. A-Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5489-9_13
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