Malabsorption in the Blind Loop Syndrome

Blind loop syndrome in children. Malabsorption secondary to intestinal stasis.

In experimental animals and in man, stasis of intestinal contents, particularly in the proximal portion of the small bowel, may produce malabsorption (Donaldson, 1964; Hoet and Eyssen, 1964). The syndrome originally described by Cannon and Murphy (1906) referred to the clinical picture produced by stasis consequent to a side-to-side intestinal anastomosis. The term 'blind loop syndrome' now is ...

Stagnant Loop Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Severe Malabsorption

Background: Intestinal bacterial overgrowth as a consequence of postsurgical anatomical abnormalities as well as other small bowel diseases can lead to malabsorption. Case Report: A female patient had several abdominal operations due to recurrent intestinal obstructions. Initially, she presented with severe megaloblastic anaemia. Subsequently, she suffered from weight loss, diarrhoea, oedema, r...

Malabsorption syndrome in broilers

Malabsorption syndrome (MAS) is a multifactorial disease that causes intestinal disorders in broilers due to infection of the gastrointestinal tract with different infectious agents. The exact aetiology is unknown, although several viruses are isolated from MAS affected chickens. None of these isolated infectious agents alone inducted the malabsorption syndrome. MAS in broilers is characterised...

Altered myoelectric activity in the experimental blind loop syndrome.

Nutrient malabsorption and diarrhea are characteristic of the blind loop syndrome. Alterations in motility have been implicated as a cause of bacterial overgrowth, but the possibility that altered motility may result from alterations in the flora has not been explored. The purpose of this study was to characterize the myoelectric activity of the small intestine in the blind loop rat model. Eigh...

Infantilism to fatherhood in the malabsorption syndrome.