Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Report

A 36-year-old female with chronic watery diarrhea and persistent hypokalemia for more than eight months duration eventually being diagnosed as vasoactive intestinal peptide tumor (VIPoma) clinically and histologically is presented here. The patient achieved complete recovery after starting octreotid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thivacaren, Sritharan, Suganthan, Navaneethakrishnan, Sujanitha, Vathulan, Sutharshan, Vengadasalam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8901089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35273891
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22819
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Sumario:A 36-year-old female with chronic watery diarrhea and persistent hypokalemia for more than eight months duration eventually being diagnosed as vasoactive intestinal peptide tumor (VIPoma) clinically and histologically is presented here. The patient achieved complete recovery after starting octreotide, a somatostatin analog. She underwent a distal pancreatectomy along with the removal of the tumor at Teaching Hospital Jaffna for the permanent cure.

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