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A rare case of watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria syndrome caused by pheochromocytoma

BACKGROUND: A rare syndrome of watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria (WDHA) is usually caused by pancreatic endocrine tumors that secrete excessive vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). Here we report a rare case of WDHA caused by a pheochromocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45-year old male...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Jingjing, Zhang, Li, Wu, Zhaodi, Ai, Zhilong, Hou, Yingyong, Lu, Zhiqiang, Gao, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25081061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-553