Infectious Disease · Infectious disease / Tropical medicine
Tropical sprue syndrome
also: Tropical enteropathy
Malabsorption in tropical regions.
- Specialty
- Infectious Disease
- Subspecialty
- Infectious disease / Tropical medicine
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Tropical enteropathy
Etiology & mechanism
Chronic small bowel bacterial overgrowth.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
In plain terms, someone with Tropical sprue syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
Other syndromes that involve one of this syndrome's genes.
Overlapping symptoms
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
Short bowel syndrome
chronic diarrhea, steatorrhea, weight loss
2 shared
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steatorrhea, weight loss
1 shared
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steatorrhea
1 shared
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
weight loss
1 shared
Allan–Herndon–Dudley syndrome
weight loss
1 shared
Bare lymphocyte syndrome
chronic diarrhea
1 shared
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
weight loss
1 shared
Cronkhite–Canada syndrome
weight loss
1 shared
Diabetic amyotrophy
weight loss
1 shared
Ectopic Cushing syndrome
weight loss
Shares genes with
None.
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