title: [Malabsorption in alcoholic cirrhosis].
abstract: 21 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis were worked up for malabsorption. In three patients, the fecal weight was over 200 g/24 h; three had a steatorrhea over 6 g/24 h and in four the creatorrhea was over 2 g/24 h. The D-xylose test was abnormal 4 times out of 18, but these 4 patients presented an ascites. Alpha-1-antitrypsin clearance was increased in 1 out of 9 patients. The Lundh test demonstrated in 5 out of 8 cases an external pancreatic insufficiency, but without any relation with the fecal losses. The 4 patients with malabsorption showed signs of malnutrition (anthropometric criteria). In the course of an alcoholic cirrhosis, malabsorption seems therefore infrequent, dissociated, and only observed in patients with signs of malnutrition.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D010188:Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D014994:Xylose
chemical_list: D014994:Xylose
vernacular_title: Malabsorption au cours de la cirrhose alcoolique.