Causes of Malabsorption

List of causes of Malabsorption

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Malabsorption) that could possibly cause Malabsorption includes:

• Celiac disease - epilepsy - occipital calcifications - malabsorption
• Pancreatitis
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Sprue
• Chronic digestive conditions
• Crohn's disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Gastrointestinal infections (see Digestive symptoms)
• Giardiasis
• Blocked bile ducts
• Certain bile duct disorders
• Gallstones
• Gastrointestinal motility disorders
• Bowel surgery
• Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anemia - malabsorption
• HIV-1F2 - malabsorption
• HIV-1A - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF30_0206 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF22_01A1 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF20_BG - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF13_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF12_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx - malabsorption
• Systemic mastocytosis - malabsorption
• Rambaud-Galian syndrome - malabsorption
• Isosporiasis - malabsorption
• Eosinophilic enteropathy, pattern II - malabsorption
• Diarrhea chronic with villous atrophy - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11 - malabsorption
• Intestinal tumor
• HIV-2A - malabsorption
• HIV-1M - malabsorption
• HIV-1B - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF41_CD - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF40_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF07_BC - malabsorption
• Pseudoobstruction idiopathic intestinal - malabsorption
• Hyper-IgM Syndrome - malabsorption
• Congenital short bowel - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12 - malabsorption
• Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
• Alcoholics
• Pediatric AIDS - malabsorption
• HIV-2B - malabsorption
• HIV-1N - malabsorption
• HIV-1C - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF35_AD - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF08_BC - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF06_cpx - malabsorption
• Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome - malabsorption
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome - malabsorption
• Siegler-Brewer-Carey syndrome - malabsorption
• Cronkhite-Canada disease - malabsorption
• Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13 - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2 - malabsorption
• Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, type 1 - malabsorption
• Tropical sprue
• HIV-2 - malabsorption
• HIV-1O - malabsorption
• HIV-1D - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF42_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF25_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF23_BG - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF21_A2D - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF14_BG - malabsorption
• Rectractile mesenteritis - malabsorption
• Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal - malabsorption
• Intestinal pseudo-obstruction - malabsorption
• Dupont-Sellier-Chochillon syndrome - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9 - malabsorption
• Ascariasis - malabsorption
• Accessory navicular bone - malabsorption
• Irradiation of the abdomen
• HIV-1E - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF24_BG - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F - malabsorption
• Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome - malabsorption
• Erythroderma lethal congenital - malabsorption
• Corneal dystrophy - pigmentary anomaly - malabsorption - malabsorption
• Whipple's disease - malabsorption
• Uncontrolled diabetes
• Liver disease
• Diverticular disease
• Abdominal surgery (see Abdominal symptoms)
• Overactive thyroid gland
• HIV-1F - malabsorption
• HIV-1A1 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF43_02G - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF36_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF27_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF18_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF17_BF - malabsorption
• Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies - malabsorption
• Primary biliary cirrhosis - malabsorption
• Pena Shokeir syndrome, type 1 - malabsorption
• Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome - malabsorption
• Kashani-Strom-Utley syndrome - malabsorption
• Diffuse systemic sclerosi - malabsorption
• Cote-Katsantoni syndrome - malabsorption
• Behcet's Disease - malabsorption
• Amyloidosis beta2-microglobulinic - malabsorption
• HIV-1G - malabsorption
• HIV-1A2 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF37_cpx - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF32_06A1 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF19_cpx - malabsorption
• Visceral myopathy familial external ophthalmoplegia - malabsorption
• Isosporosiasis - malabsorption
• Hyper IgM syndrome 1 - malabsorption
• Folate deficiency - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1 - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1 - malabsorption
• Bare lymphocyte syndrome - malabsorption
• Immunoglobulinic amyloidosis - malabsorption
• HIV-1H - malabsorption
• HIV-1A3 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF28_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF01_AE - malabsorption
• Somatostatinoma - malabsorption
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type - malabsorption
• Intestinal capillariasis - malabsorption
• Hypergammaglobulinemia - malabsorption
• Defective expression of HLA class 2 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2 - malabsorption
• Blind loop syndrome - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2 - malabsorption
• Pancreatic infection
• HIV-1, CRF38_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF29_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF26_AU - malabsorption
• Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome - malabsorption
• Scleroderma sine scleroderma - malabsorption
• Obesity due to prohormone convertase-I deficiency - malabsorption
• Natal teeth, intestinal pseudoobstruction and patent ductus - malabsorption
• Microvillus Inclusion Disease - malabsorption
• MHC class 1 or class 2 deficiency - malabsorption
• Medrano-Roldan syndrome - malabsorption
• Hyper IgM syndrome 3 - malabsorption
• Helminthiasis - malabsorption
• Fanconi-ichthyosis-dysmorphism - malabsorption
• EGE - malabsorption
• Deal-Barratt-Dillon syndrome - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3 - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3 - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defects - malabsorption
• HIV-1J - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF39_BF - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF33_01B - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF31_BC - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF15_01B - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF11_cpx - malabsorption
• Shwachman syndrome - malabsorption
• Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome - malabsorption
• Pearson's anemia - malabsorption
• Natal teeth intestinal pseudoobstruction patent ductus - malabsorption
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis - malabsorption
• Hyper IgM syndrome 4 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4 - malabsorption
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4 - malabsorption
• Amyloidosis - malabsorption
• Pancreatic cancer
• Gall bladder disease
• Intestinal surgery
• Intestinal cancer (see Digestive symptoms)
• HIV-1K - malabsorption
• HIV-1F1 - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF34_01B - malabsorption
• HIV-1, CRF02_AG - malabsorption
• Visceral neuropathy, familial, autosomal dominant - malabsorption
• Pancreatic insufficiency - malabsorption
• Mastocytosis - malabsorption
• ICF syndrome - malabsorption
• Groll-Hirschowitz syndrome - malabsorption
• Cystinuria - malabsorption
• Cutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5 - malabsorption
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10 - malabsorption
• Aplasia cutis congenital - intestinal lymphangiectasia - malabsorption
• Parasite infestation

More causes: see full list of causes for Malabsorption

Malabsorption Causes: Book Excerpts

• Malabsorption - pathophysiology - Malabsorption

Malabsorption as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Malabsorption as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Malabsorption. Our database lists the following as having Malabsorption as a complication of that condition:

• Ascariasis
• Chronic osmotic diarrhea
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Chronic secretory diarrhea
• Crohn's disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• HIV-1, CRF01_AE
• HIV-1, CRF02_AG
• HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx
• HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F
• HIV-1, CRF06_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF07_BC
• HIV-1, CRF08_BC
• HIV-1, CRF11_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF12_BF
• HIV-1, CRF13_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF14_BG
• HIV-1, CRF15_01B
• HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D
• HIV-1, CRF17_BF
• HIV-1, CRF18_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF19_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF20_BG
• HIV-1, CRF21_A2D
• HIV-1, CRF22_01A1
• HIV-1, CRF23_BG
• HIV-1, CRF24_BG
• HIV-1, CRF25_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF26_AU
• HIV-1, CRF27_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF28_BF
• HIV-1, CRF29_BF
• HIV-1, CRF30_0206
• HIV-1, CRF31_BC
• HIV-1, CRF32_06A1
• HIV-1, CRF33_01B
• HIV-1, CRF34_01B
• HIV-1, CRF35_AD
• HIV-1, CRF36_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF37_cpx
• HIV-1, CRF38_BF
• HIV-1, CRF39_BF
• HIV-1, CRF40_BF
• HIV-1, CRF41_CD
• HIV-1, CRF42_BF
• HIV-1, CRF43_02G
• HIV-1A
• HIV-1A1
• HIV-1A2
• HIV-1A3
• HIV-1B
• HIV-1C
• HIV-1D
• HIV-1E
• HIV-1F
• HIV-1F1
• HIV-1F2
• HIV-1G
• HIV-1H
• HIV-1J
• HIV-1K
• HIV-1M
• HIV-1N
• HIV-1O
• HIV-2
• HIV-2A
• HIV-2B
• Immunoglobulinic amyloidosis
• Mastocytosis
• Pediatric AIDS
• Small intestine diverticulosis
• Sprue
• Whipple's Disease

Malabsorption as a symptom:

Conditions listing Malabsorption as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Malabsorption. Our database lists the following as having Malabsorption as a symptom of that condition:

• Accessory navicular bone
• Amyloidosis
• Amyloidosis beta2-microglobulinic
• Aplasia cutis congenital - intestinal lymphangiectasia
• Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita - pulmonary hypoplasia
• Ascariasis
• Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, type 1
• Bare lymphocyte syndrome
• Behcet's Disease
• Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2
• Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4
• Bile acid synthesis defects
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4
• Blind loop syndrome
• Celiac disease - epilepsy - occipital calcifications
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8
• Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9
• Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Congenital short bowel
• Corneal dystrophy - pigmentary anomaly - malabsorption
• Cote-Katsantoni syndrome
• Cronkhite-Canada disease
• Cutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anaemia
• Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anemia
• Cystinuria
• Deafness mesenteric diverticula of small bowel neuropathy
• Deal-Barratt-Dillon syndrome
• Defective expression of HLA class 2
• Diarrhea 2, with Microvillous Atrophy
• Diarrhea chronic with villous atrophy
• Diarrhea, Glucose-Stimulated Secretory, with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
• Diffuse systemic sclerosi
• Dupont-Sellier-Chochillon syndrome
• EGE
• Enteropathy type T-cell lymphoma
• Eosinophilic enteropathy, pattern II
• Erythroderma lethal congenital
• Fanconi-ichthyosis-dysmorphism
• Folate deficiency
• Giardia
• Gluten allergy
• Groll-Hirschowitz syndrome
• Helminthiasis
• Hyper IgM syndrome 1
• Hyper IgM syndrome 3
• Hyper IgM syndrome 4
• Hyper-IgM Syndrome
• Hypergammaglobulinemia
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis
• ICF syndrome
• Intestinal capillariasis
• Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
• Isosporiasis
• Isosporosiasis
• Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome
• Kashani-Strom-Utley syndrome
• Leukoencephalopathy, arthritis, colitis, and hypogammaglobulinema
• Mastocytosis
• Medrano-Roldan syndrome
• Megaloblastic anemia
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type
• MHC class 1 or class 2 deficiency
• Microvillus Inclusion Disease
• Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
• Natal teeth intestinal pseudoobstruction patent ductus
• Natal teeth, intestinal pseudoobstruction and patent ductus
• Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal
• Obesity due to prohormone convertase-I deficiency
• Pancreatic insufficiency
• Pancreatitis
• Pearson's anemia
• Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome
• Pena Shokeir syndrome, type 1
• Polyneuropathy - Ophthalmoplegia - Leukoencehalopathy - Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Pseudoobstruction idiopathic intestinal
• Rambaud-Galian syndrome
• Rectractile mesenteritis
• Scleroderma sine scleroderma
• Shwachman syndrome
• Siegler-Brewer-Carey syndrome
• Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
• Small intestine diverticulosis
• Somatostatinoma
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome
• Sprue
• Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency - dental anomalies
• Systemic mastocytosis
• Tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome
• Ulcerative colitis
• Visceral myopathy familial external ophthalmoplegia
• Visceral neuropathy, familial, autosomal dominant
• Whipple's Disease

Related information on causes of Malabsorption:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Malabsorption may be found in:

• Hidden causes of Malabsorption

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Malabsorption: Malabsorption - pathophysiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• According to the nutrient affected:
  • Carbohydrate:
    • Monosaccharide: Congenital glucose-galactose deficiency, fructose intolerance
    • Disaccharide: Lactase deficiency (congenital or acquired), sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
    • Polysaccharide: Amylase deficiency (congenital or acquired)
  • Fat:
    • Bile salt deficiency: Cholestasis, resection of terminal ileum
    • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: Cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis
    • Inadequate surface area: Celiac disease, flat villous lesion
  • Protein:
    • Protein-losing enteropathy: Intestinal lymphangiectasia, congenital heart failure
    • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: Cystic fibrosis, Shwachman syndrome
    • Inadequate surface area: Celiac disease
• According to the place where the alteration occurs:
  • Mucosal abnormality:
    • Anatomical: Post-enteritis syndrome, celiac disease, IBD
    • Functional: Disaccharidase deficiencies
  • Luminal abnormality:
    • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: Cystic fibrosis, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
    • Bile salt insufficiency: Biliary cholestatic liver disease, ileal resection
  • Anatomical abnormality:
    • Short gut: Surgical resection
    • Motility disturbance: Intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Malabsorption - etiology

The most common causes of malabsorption in developed countries are:

• Postenteritis syndrome
• Cow’s milk protein intolerance
• Giardiasis
• Celiac disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

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