Vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor which caused to chronic watery diarrhea and hypokalemia.
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Watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria syndrome is a rare cause of chronic secretory diarrhea arising from a vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor. In this article, a 15-month old female patient with watery diarrhea and abdominal distension which lasting four months is presented. In different centers no diagnosis could be made although investigations. The patient was diagnosed with vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing ganglioneuroblastoma localized in the right surrenal gland.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Turk pediatri arsivi
دوره 49 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014