| Literature DB >> 26078654 |
Ali Kanık1, Maşallah Baran1, Özlem Çayan1, Kayı Eliaçık1, Tunç Özdemir2, Mehmet Helvacı1, Emre Çeçen3.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Child; ganglioneuroblastoma; secretory diarrhea; vasoactive intestinal peptide
Year: 2014 PMID: 26078654 PMCID: PMC4462284 DOI: 10.5152/tpa.2014.1054
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Turk Pediatri Ars