Use of Medium Chain Triglycerides in Malabsorption
Authors: NORTON J. GREENBERGER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 April 1967Use of Medium Chain Triglycerides in MalabsorptionNORTON J. GREENBERGER, M.D., RICHARD D. RUPPERT, M.D., MANUEL TZAGOURNIS, M.D.NORTON J. GREENBERGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD D. RUPPERT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MANUEL TZAGOURNIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-4-727 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecent clinical observations have indicated that triglycerides containing medium chain fatty acids may be useful in decreasing the steatorrhea associated with a variety of malabsorptive disorders. It has been demonstrated that medium chain triglycerides (MCT) are of value in treating patients with pancreatic insufficiency (1), extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction (2), postgastrectomy steatorrhea (3), a-beta-lipoproteinemia (4), intestinal lymphangiectasia (5), cystic fibrosis of the pancreas (6), and massive small-bowel resection (7). Although it has been well documented that therapy with MCT results in decreased steatorrhea, there is little evidence available correlating decreased steatorrhea with weight gain. Moreover, there is little information concerned...References1. HASHIMROHOLTVAN ITALLIE SAHBTB: Pancreatogenous steatorrhea treated with medium chain triglycerides (abstract). Clin. Res. 10: 394, 1962. Google Scholar2. IBERHARDOONSPRAGUE FLEMH: Use of eight and ten carbon fatty acids as neutral fat in the management of steatorrhea (abstract). Clin. Res. 11: 185, 1963. Google Scholar3. 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