[VIPoma in retroperitoneum of elderly, cause of chronic diarrhea in uncommon location]

Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2015 Oct-Dec;35(4):355-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Chronic secretory diarrhea is a frequent entity. Causes are multiple, that is why reaching final diagnosis can result in delay with complications that this causes in the general condition of the patient. We present the case of one older adult with chronic diarrhea, mild hypokalemia and metabolic hyperchloremic acidosis secondary to a VIPoma in retroperitoneum which is an unusual location of this type of tumor that was diagnosed by biopsy guided by tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diarrhea / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / complications
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vipoma / complications
  • Vipoma / diagnosis*
  • Vipoma / pathology