Cystadenocarcinoma of pancreas with hypokalaemia and hypoproteinaemia: case report.
A rare case of cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas with hypokalaemia, hypoproteinaemia and intractable diarrhoea is described. The diagnosis was made at autopsy. An attempt is made to correlate these unusual clinical manifestations in this rare tumour with necropsy findings.
D000368:Aged; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications; D007019:Hypoproteinemia / Q000150:complications; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology