Saturday, 1 October 2011

VIPoma

-a.k.a Verner Morrison syndrome or WDHA syndrome
- endocrine tumor, usually originate from pancreas, producing vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
- WD: watery diarrhea
- H: hypokalemia
- A: achlorhydia
- acidodis, vasodilatation, hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia

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