Vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor which caused to chronic watery diarrhea and hypokalemia.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Ali Kanık, Maşallah Baran, Özlem Çayan, Kayı Eliaçık, Tunç Özdemir, Mehmet Helvacı, Emre Çeçen
• Journal: Turk pediatri arsivi (Turk Pediatri Ars) Vol. 49 Issue 2 Pg. 160-2 (Jun 2014) ISSN: 1306-0015 [Print] Turkey
• PMID: 26078654 (Publication Type: Case Reports)