Verner-Morrison syndrome

Ver·ner-Mor·ri·son syn·drome

(ver'nĕr mor'i-sŏn),

watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria associated with secretion of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide by a pancreatic islet-cell tumor in the absence of gastric hypersecretion.

Synonym(s): WDHA syndrome

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Ver·ner-Mor·ri·son syn·drome

(ver'nĕr mor'i-sŏn),

watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria associated with secretion of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide by a pancreatic islet-cell tumor in the absence of gastric hypersecretion.

Synonym(s): WDHA syndrome

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Any of a number of clinical conditions characterised by watery diarrhoea, decreased K+, hypotension and dehydration caused by neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas, most commonly VIPoma

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Morrison,

Ashton B., Irish pathologist in the U.S., 1922–.

Verner-Morrison syndrome - see under Verner

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Verner,

John, U.S. internist, 1927–.

Verner-Morrison syndrome - watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria associated with secretion of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide by a pancreatic islet-cell tumor in the absence of gastric hypersecretion. Synonym(s): water diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria (WDHA) syndrome

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