Watery diarrhoea (WDHA) syndrome associated with carcinoma of the lung.
A patient with bronchial carcinoma presented with profuse watery diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and hypochlorhydria. Laparotomy appeared to exclude the usual cause, a pancreatic islet-cell tumour. Relief of the diarrhoea was achieved only with prednisone therapy. Evidence is adduced to implicate a humoral factor produced by the tumour, although in this case, the serum VIP level was not elevated.
D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes