Question

all of the following would be expected to cause symptoms of malabsorption except:
hirschsprung disease
tropical sprue
celiac disease
whipples disease

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Tropical sprue: Affects small intestine, causes malabsorption.
• Celiac disease: Damages small intestine lining, leads to malabsorption.
• Whipple’s disease: Inflammatory, affects nutrient absorption (malabsorption).
• Hirschsprung disease: Involves colon (large intestine) aganglionosis, affecting motility (constipation), not direct malabsorption (malabsorption is small intestine - related).

Answer:

A. Hirschsprung disease