Evaluation of unintentional weight loss

Última revisão: 17 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 23 Jul 2025

Resumo

Differentials

Common

  • Stomach cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Hepatoma
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Chronic leukemia
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Oropharyngeal cancer
  • Laryngeal cancer
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Celiac disease
  • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
  • Crohn disease
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Mesenteric ischemia
  • Depression
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Substance misuse
  • Parkinson disease
  • Dementia
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Adverse medication effects
  • Sarcopenia
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Uncommon

  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Acute leukemia
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
  • VIPoma
  • Carcinoid syndrome
  • Peptic ulcer disease
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Esophageal webs, rings, and diverticula
  • Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
  • Gastroparesis
  • Postsurgical complications
  • Stomatitis
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Prion disease
  • Cardiac cachexia syndrome
  • Poststroke complications
  • Pulmonary cachexia syndrome
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Microscopic polyangiitis
  • Renal cachexia syndrome
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Adrenal insufficiency
  • Hypopituitarism
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Mixed connective tissue disease (overlap syndromes)
  • Adult-onset Still disease
  • HIV infection
  • Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Amebiasis
  • Giardiasis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Cystoisosporiasis
  • Cyclosporiasis
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Whipple disease
  • Bartonella infection
  • Inadequate nutrition
  • Elder abuse/neglect
  • Child abuse/neglect
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Contributors

Authors

Christopher J. Wong, MD

Associate Professor

Division of General Internal Medicine

Department of Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle

WA

Declarações

CJW is an author of a reference cited in this topic. He also receives royalties from Springer for textbooks on perioperative medicine and primary care of solid organ transplant recipients.

Revisores

Alan Shand, MD, FRCP (ed)

Clinical Director

Gastro-intestinal Unit

Western General Hospital

Edinburgh

UK

Declarações

AS declares that he has no competing interests.

Sherman M. Chamberlain, MD, FACP, AGAF, FACG

Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Endoscopy

Section of Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Georgia Regents University-Medical College of Georgia

Augusta

GA

Declarações

SMC declares that he has no competing interests.

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Principais artigos

Wong CJ. Involuntary weight loss. Med Clin North Am. 2014;98:625-43. Resumo

McMinn J, Steel C, Bowman A. Investigation and management of unintentional weight loss in older adults. BMJ. 2011 Mar 29;342:d1732. Resumo

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Suspected cancer: recognition and referral. May 2025 [internet publication].Texto completo

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