What does the fecal exam result with fat globule indicate?
Patient: Hi! My baby is one year and seven months. I just would like to ask if fat globule in his fecal exam result says few, is it normal? The color is yellow, the consistency is soft. WBC, RBC, ova and parasite result is non seen. Yeast cells result is few. What does this indicates? Than you. Doctor: Thank you for posting your question.Fat globules in stool examination is a normal finding in stool. It is related to the fat content of the ingested food. This finding may rarely be considered significant in a child with a liver or pancreatic disease. But in the face of a healthy child, this finding can be ignored.Similarly few yeast cells in stool examination could also be an incidental finding with not much significance.Also, any laboratory report needs to be correlated clinically to decide whether it is significant. Thus if your child is healthy and not showing any bothersome symptoms, these changes in the report may be ignored.