VIPoma of pancreas in a child.
An eleven-year-old girl had massive watery diarrhea. She was found to have pancreatic VIPoma. It responded favorably to surgical resection of the tumor. There was no tumor recurrence at 18 months of follow-up.
Samal
S C
SC
Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore. subashsamal@hotmail.com
Paul
A C
AC
Venkateswari
S
S
Nair
S
S
Venkatramani
S
S
Perakath
B
B
Simon
A
A
Chandy
G
G
Kurian
G
G
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis; D003969:Vipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide