Giris ve Amaç: Gaitada total yag testi çalisilan malabsorbsiyon tanili hastalar Giardia intestinalis paraziti yönünden incelenmistir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ege Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Gastroenteroloji Klinigine 2009-2010 yilinda basvuran yetmis bes malabsorbsiyon olgusunda gaitada total yag testi çalisilmistir. Hastalarin gaitalari parazitolojik olarak incelenmis, Giardia intestinalis açisindan degerlendirilmistir. Bulgular: Yetmis bes malabsorbsiyon olgusunun gaita incelemesi sonucu 4?ünde Giardia intestinalis kistleri saptanmistir. Sonuç: Malabsorbsiyon olgularinda giardiasis?in tanimlanabilmesi için gaitada parazitolojik inceleme yapilmasi ayirici tani için önemlidir.
Background and Aims: Malabsorption patients in whom fecal fat analysis was performed were also investigated for Giardia intestinalis. Materials and Methods: Fecal fat tests were studied in 75 malabsorption patients who had applied to the Gastroenterology Department of Ege University Medical Faculty in the period 2009-2010. In addition, stools were examined by parasitological methods in terms of Giardia intestinalis. Results: As a result of stool examination of 75 malabsorption cases, Giardia intestinalis cysts were determined in four of them. Conclusions: To identify giardiasis in malabsorption patients, parasitological stool examination in the differential diagnosis is important.