Among its causes are bowel lymphoma, lymphoenteric fistulas, Whipple's disease, Crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, intestinal giardiasis, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, Fontan surgery and constrictive pericarditis.
Entre las causas encontramos: linfoma intestinal, fistula linfoentérica, enfermedad de Whipple, enfermedad de Crohn, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis intestinal, giardiasis, radioterapia, quimioterapia, postoperatorio de cirugía de Fontan y pericarditis constrictiva.