VIPoma Crisis : Immediate and life saving reduction of massive stool volumes on starting treatment with octreotide

VIPoma Crisis : Immediate and life saving reduction of massive stool volumes on starting treatment with octreotide

We report the case of a 57-year-old male physician who presented with a life threatening secretory and refractory diarrhoea of around 20 L/day. This was complicated by severe hypotension, hypokalaemia, hypercalcaemia, renal failure requiring dialysis, metabolic acidosis, cardiorespiratory arrest and...

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Main Authors: Omayma ElShafie, Christopher Grant, Aisha Al-Hamdani, Rajeev Jain, Nicholas Woodhouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2011-04-01
Series:Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Subjects:
vipoma
diarrhoea
pancreatic tumour
neuroendocrine tumour
octreotide
chromogranin a
cardiopulmonary arrest
case report
oman
Online Access:https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1553

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