Composite adrenal phaeochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma causing watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and achlorhydria syndrome

Deepu J. George, Gill Watermeyer, Dion Levin, D. Epstein, Ian Louis Ross, B Scholz, Michael Locketz, Cornelli Dittrich, John R. Shaw, J E J Krige

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology · 2010 · 19 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

The watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and achlorhydria syndrome is a rare cause of secretory diarrhoea. In this case report, we highlight a young female with watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and achlorhydria syndrome as a consequence of a vasoactive intestinal peptide producing composite adrenal phaeochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma. She made a complete recovery after curative surgical resection.

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