title: [A 73-year-old woman with vomiting and metabolic alkalosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Campus BioMedico, Roma, Italia. a.picardi@unicampus.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picardi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manfrini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Navajas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amicarelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Iorio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valiani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galluzzo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarlata
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vespasiani Gentilucci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Galasso
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Costantino
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Donna di 73 anni con vomito ed alcalosi metabolica.