Cortisone in Idiopathic Steatorrhoea

Idiopathic Steatorrhoea.

A NEW chapter in the story of idiopathic steatorrhoea was opened by the discovery of the various biopsy tubes which are swallowed by the patient and take either single specimens from the duodenum or jejunum (Shiner, 1956; Crossby and Kugler, I957) or, more recently, retrieve several samples from any level in the small bowel (Brandborg, Rubin and Quinton, 1959; Baker and Hughes, 1960). This allo...

Idiopathic steatorrhoea.

Intestinal Reticulosarcoma in Idiopathic Steatorrhoea

Lymphoreticular dysfunction in idiopathic steatorrhoea.

Primary lymphadenopathy complicating idiopathic steatorrhoea.

The association of abdominal lymphadenopathy and steatorrhoea has been extensively reviewed (Kent, 1964; Eidelman, Parkins, and Rubin, 1966) and there seems no doubt that a generalized reticulosarcoma or Hodgkin's disease with involvement of the bowel and/or abdominal nodes can cause steatorrhoea (Sleisenger, Almy, and Barr, 1953). Not only is this steatorrhoea a biochemical entity but it is al...