Steatorrhea (or steatorrhoea) is the presence of excess fat in feces. Stools may be bulky and difficult to flush, have a pale and oily appearance and can be especially foul-smelling. An oily anal leakage or some level of fecal incontinence may occur. There is increased fat excretion, which can be measured by determining the fecal fat level.
Putamen: An area in the brain within a structure called the lentiform nucleus. The putamen may decrease in size as a result of damage in Huntington's disease.
Medial to the putamen is the globus pallidus (GP). Anatomically, the putamen and globus. pallidus are shaped like a lens. For this reason, they are referred to as the lenticular nucleus. This. term is still in use, even though the functions of the putamen and globus pallidus are different. The.