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Radiographic enteroclysis showed multiple large duodenal and jejunoileal diverticula (fig 1). The proximal small intestine was found to have normal resorptive capacities suggested by a normal d-xylose test while intestinal bacterial overgrowth was indicated by a H₂ breath test with glucose. Extended diverticulosis of the small bowel with subsequent bacterial overgrowth was assumed to be the most likely cause of the patient’s malabsorption and weight loss. Bacterial overgrowth of the …