Angiographic diagnosis of a pancreatic islet tumor in a patient with the WDHA syndrome.
A patient with an islet cell tumor of the pancreas that produced the watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, achlorhydria (WDHA) syndrome is presented. On celiac angiography an extremely vascular mass was seen in the body of pancreas with hypertrophied arteries and persistent, dense tumor staining.
D000126:Achlorhydria / Q000209:etiology*; D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome