Steatorrhea With Diabetes: A Case Report

Case Reports1 July 1958STEATORRHEA WITH DIABETES: A CASE REPORTRICHARD H. MAILMAN, M.D.RICHARD H. MAILMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-190 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diabetic, like any other patient, may develop various types of diarrheal diseases unconnected with his diabetic state. Several types of diarrhea have, however, been reported as associated with the diabetic state. What Bargen et al.3and other authors have termed "the diarrhea of diabetes" is a watery, non-fatty, nocturnal diarrhea of unknown etiology. Bargen also referred to steatorrhea in diabetics due to pancreatic insufficiency. More recently, Berge4has reported a third variety of diarrhea in diabetes. He described six patients in whom steatorrhea was associated with diabetes and neuropathy, and two more in whom it was associated with diabetes...Bibliography1. AdlersbergSchein DJ: Clinical and pathological studies in sprue, J. A. M. A. 134: 1459, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Adlersberg D: Problems of management of idiopathic sprue, New York State J. Med. 55: 3575, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. BargenBollmanKepler JAJLEJ: The diarrhea of diabetes and the steatorrhea of pancreatic insufficiency, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 11: 737, 1936. Google Scholar4. BergeWollaegerScholzRookeSprague KGEEDAEDRG: Steatorrhea complicating diabetes mellitus with neuropathy, Diabetes 5: 25, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. BodanskyBodansky MO: Biochemistry of disease, 1940, The Macmillan Company, New York, pp. 206-216. Google Scholar6. Hanes FM: Sprue, in Tice's Practice of medicine, 1954, W. F. Prior Company, Hagerstown, Maryland, p. 171. Google Scholar7. Rudy A: Unusual case of deficiency disease in a patient with diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology 27: 206, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Rundles RW: Diabetic neuropathy. General review with report of 125 cases, Medicine 24: 111, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. WollaegerComfortOsterberg EEWWAE: Total solids, fat, and nitrogen in the feces. III. A study of normal persons taking a test diet containing a moderate amount of fat; comparison with results obtained with normal persons taking a test diet containing a large amount of fat, Gastroenterology 9: 272, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication October 19, 1956.Approved for publication by the Committee on Research and Publication, Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles.From the Medical Service, Wadsworth Hospital, Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard H. Mailman, M.D., 8350 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChronic pancreatitis in African diabeticsDifferential Diagnostic Approach to Clinical Problems of MalabsorptionSkeletterkrankungen und Diabetes mellitusDer Diabetes des pankreaslosen MenschenCoeliac DiseaseDiabetic steatorrhea: A distinct entityMalabsorption and the Diarrhea of Diabetes MellitusJejunal Biopsy in Diabetic SteatorrheaDIABETES AND STEATORRHEA IN PRIMARY CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS*PETER M. MASLEY, M.D., CHARLES A. BONANNO, M.D., WILLIAM J. GRACE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Secondary Malabsorption Syndromes of Intestinal Origin 1 July 1958Volume 49, Issue 1Page: 190-192KeywordsDiarrheaDuodenal ulcersDysenteryEtiologyExcretionFolic acidHemoglobinMedical servicesNeuropathyPancreas ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...