Evaluation of chronic diarrhea

Última revisão: 1 Dec 2025
Última atualização: 28 Apr 2023

Resumo

Diferenciales

Común

  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Microscopic colitis (lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis)
  • Viral, bacterial, parasitic, HIV enteropathy
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Drug effects
  • Fecal impaction
  • Celiac disease
  • Crohn disease
  • Bile salt malabsorption
  • Brush border enzyme deficiency (lactose, fructose, sucrose, isomaltase)
  • Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
  • Pancreatic insufficiency
  • Alcohol
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Radiation enteritis/colitis
  • Eosinophilic enteritis
  • Chronic ischemic colitis
  • Surgical bypass or resection
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Infrecuente

  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug enteropathy
  • Infiltrating malignancy
  • Protein-losing enteropathy
  • Graft versus host disease
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Tropical sprue
  • Lymphangiectasia/impaired lymphatic drainage
  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • Addison disease
  • Gastrinoma
  • Carcinoid tumors
  • VIPomas
  • Abetalipoproteinemia
  • Advanced liver disease
  • Common variable immune deficiency
  • Amyloidosis
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Colaboradores

Autores

Simon Campbell, MB ChB(Hons), MRCP(UK), MD(Edin.)

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Honorary Senior Lecturer

University of Manchester

Manchester

UK

Divulgaciones

SC declares that he has no competing interests.

Rahul Kalla, MBChB, MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Little France Crescent

Edinburgh

UK

Divulgaciones

RK is the author of a reference cited in this topic. RK declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Simon Campbell and Dr Rahul Kalla would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Abhishek Sharma, Dr Daniel Leffler, and Dr Ciaran Kelly, the previous contributors to this topic. AS has received honoraria for educational presentations, chairing educational sessions, or advisory work from Abbvie, Vifor Pharma, Almirall, Falk, and Warner Chilcott UK. DL and CK are the authors of a number of references cited in this topic.

Revisores por pares

John Kepros, MD

Director

Trauma Services

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

Lansing

MI

Divulgaciones

JK declares that he has no competing interests.

Julian R.F. Walters, MA, MB, FRCP

Professor of Gastroenterology

Imperial College London

Hammersmith Hospital

London

UK

Divulgaciones

JRFW has been a member of advisory boards and has received fees for arranging an educational programme from GE Healthcare, the manufacturer of 75SeHCAT. He is a member of the Health Advisory Network for Coeliac UK.

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Artículos principales

Fernández-Bañares F, Esteve M, Salas A, et al. Systematic evaluation of the causes of chronic watery diarrhea with functional characteristics. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;102:2520-2528. Resumen

Arasaradnam RP, Brown S, Forbes A, et al. Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition. Gut. 2018 Aug;67(8):1380-99.Texto completo  Resumen

Talley NJ. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in 2007 and Rome III: something new, something borrowed, something objective. Rev Gastroenterol Disord. 2007;7:97-105. Resumen

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