Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 20

Stools from persons with steatorrhea will contain excess amounts of:

A. Barium sulfate

B. Blood

C. Fat

D. Mucus

Step 1 of 2

Steatorrhea:

Excretion of abnormal volume of fat in feces called steatorrhea.

• The causes of increase in fecal fat is due to the following:

o Non production of required amount of bile salts

o Malabsorption of the fat

• Steatorrhea is detected to diagnosis the following:

o Pancreatic insufficiency

o Small-bowel disorders

Therefore, the person who has steatorrhea contains the more amount of “fat” in stool. Hence, the correct answer is option