Acute watery diarrhea as the initial presenting feature of a pheochromocytoma in an 84-year-old female patient

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Van Eeckhout, Pascal ^a   Shungu, Hélène ^a   Descamps, François Xavier ^a   Lanthier, Philippe ^a   Castelain, Thierry ^a   Saey, Jean Pierre ^a   Rettman, Roland ^a   Drese, Christian ^a   Colin, Ides M ^a  

^a Clinique Saint Joseph at Mons   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Diarrhea; Pheochromocytoma; Vasoactive intestinal peptide; Verner Morrison syndrome

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROLYTE; INFUSION FLUID; NEUROPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL CREST CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033386663     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023443     Document Type: Article

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