Diarrhoea with acantholysis in urine: (A) Whipples disease, (B) Celiac sprue, (C) Abetalipoproteinemia, (D) Ulcerative colitis
Answer is C. Harrison's principles of internal medicine 17th edition. *Steatorrheal cause of chronic diarrhea is a mucosal malabsorption caused by celiac disease,whipple's disease and abetalipoproteinemia. Abetalipoproteinemia is a rare defect is a defect of chylomicron formation and fat malabsorption in children associated with acantholytic erythrocytes,,ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa.