thought to be caused by obstruction of the pancreatic duct by thick mucin. Five to ten percent of the patients have steatorrhea (fat in stool), diabetes, and weight loss secondary to pancreatic ...

Management is aimed at cure. ZES may present in one of several ways: Steatorrhea: This defect occurs in part because inactivation of pancreatic lipase by intraluminal acid in the upper small ...

The most common symptom of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is steatorrhea, which is caused by excessive amounts of fat in the stool. If you have steatorrhea, you may have frequent diarrhea and ...