Abstract
Two years ago Parmelee<sup>1</sup>reviewed briefly the literature on pancreatic steatorrhea and presented 2 cases of his own. Including his cases, we have been able to find 10 reported cases. It seems entirely possible, however, that in some cases the condition has been incorrectly diagnosed as celiac disease and for that reason the cases have never been reported in the literature or have been reported under a false diagnosis. The earliest report of pancreatic steatorrhea was made by Garrod and Hurtley<sup>2</sup>in 1913. They reported the cases of 2 brothers, only 1 of whom it was their good fortune to observe. The other had died earlier with symptoms suggestive of the disorder noted in the one whom they observed. The latter was in perfect health except for the passage of numerous large, pale yellow, foul-smelling stools containing obvious undigested fat. He apparently digested carbohydrate well, but when given
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