Gastroenterology · UKMLA & AKT
Tropical sprue
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Tropical sprue is an acquired malabsorption syndrome caused by small bowel bacterial overgrowth in endemic tropical regions (India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Caribbean), leading to villous atrophy and progressive nutritional deficiencies. Not gluten-related.
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