[A 73-year-old woman with vomiting and metabolic alkalosis].
A severe, life-threatening metabolic alchalosis associated with a stenosing pancreatic carcinoma in a female type II diabetic patients is presented, and a review of the most frequent causes of hyperemesis, orthostatic hypotension and lethargy is shown.
Picardi
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Campus BioMedico, Roma, Italia. a.picardi@unicampus.it
Manfrini
S
S
Navajas
F
F
Amicarelli
E
E
De Iorio
F
F
Valiani
A
A
Galluzzo
S
S
Spoto
S
S
Segna
A
A
Scarlata
S
S
Vespasiani Gentilucci
U
U
De Galasso
L
L
Meloni
M C
MC
Costantino
S
S
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D000471:Alkalosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
Donna di 73 anni con vomito ed alcalosi metabolica.