​Differential diagnosis of causes of malabsorption

​Differential diagnosis of causes of  malabsorption 
Strongyloidiasis 
-reduced size of the bile salts such as postcholecystectmoy, 
-bacterial overgrowth 
-pancretic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis ,chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer
-lymphatic obstruction due to carcinoid, lymphoma, tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, sarcoidosis, Kaposi’s sarcoma 
-retroperitoneal fibrosis 
-small bowel resection, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Crohn’s disease, Whipple’s disease, tropical sprue