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Worried about malabsorption (occ. floating stools) had negative ct scan and qualitative fat test. gastro. dr. said quantitative test unnecessary. why?

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No fat in stool: If a qualitative test was negative then that meant there was no fat present in the stool at a detectable level. A quantitative test for the same thing would therefore be useless because there is nothing to measure.

Answered 1/5/2019

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