WDHA 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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WDHA syndrome

Watery diarrhea-hypokalemia-achlorhydria syndrome, Verner-Morrison syndrome, pancreatic 'cholera' A condition caused by ↑ serum VIP, caused by a VIPoma, a pancreatic islet cell tumor–¹⁄₂ are malignant Clinical Profuse watery diarrhea, dehydration, hypotension, shock, episodic flushing Lab Achlorhydria, ↑ or ↓ glucose, ↓ K+, ↑ Ca2+; WDHA in children is associated with ganglioneuromas

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