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Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Tumor as the Cause of Persistent Diarrhea: A Diagnostic Challenge

Although chronic diarrhea is frequent, some of its causes are rare, namely, neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Due to their rarity and non-specific symptoms, such as diarrhea, they are often underdiagnosed. An 80-year-old woman presented to the emergency department due to emesis and watery diarrhea. Bloo...

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Autores principales: Lopes, Sara, Alves, Marta, Rodrigues, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9560002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36258959
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29130