The combined 169Yb-DTPA/mannitol intestinal absorption test in small intestine enteropathies

The value of the combined D-mannitol 169Yb-DTPA test for intestinal absorption was checked in patients with different damages of the small bowel (dysbiosis, gluten sensitive enteropathia, Crohn's disease), with colitis ulcerosa and in a group of controls. (Prospective study with a total of 106 patients). The ratio of recovery of D-mannitol 169Yb-DTPA showed better results in comparison to usual resorption tests (D-xylose, lactose, Schilling's test). A positive classification in all groups of intestinal diseases was possible. The lower limit for D-mannitol recovery was 13.5% of applicated dose and 1.1% for the urinary recovery rate of 169Yb-DTPA. (author)