A Rare Cause of Refractory Chronic Diarrhea and Cachexia: A Case Report

A Rare Cause of Refractory Chronic Diarrhea and Cachexia: A Case Report

VIPoma is an unusual neuroendocrine neoplasm that autonomously secretes VIP. It is associated with secretory diarrhea and electrolyte disturbances. Herein we report a case of a male patient, who was hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology in Hedi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia. He presented...

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Main Authors: Faten HADJ KACEM, Donia CHEBBI, Amal CHAKROUN, Nadia CHARFI, Dorra GHORBEL, Fatma MNIF, Mouna MNIF, Nabila REKIK, Mohamed ABID
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Neuroendocrine tumor;
Somatostatin analogue;
Vipoma
Secretory diarrhea
Tunisia
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/19593

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