title: Vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor which caused to chronic watery diarrhea and hypokalemia.
abstract: Watery diarrhea, hypokalemia and achlorhydria syndrome is a rare cause of chronic secretory diarrhea arising from a vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumor. In this article, a 15-month old female patient with watery diarrhea and abdominal distension which lasting four months is presented. In different centers no diagnosis could be made although investigations. The patient was diagnosed with vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing ganglioneuroblastoma localized in the right surrenal gland.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanık
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Maşallah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Çayan
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kayı
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eliaçık
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tunç
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helvacı
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Oncology, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çeçen
keywords: Child; ganglioneuroblastoma; secretory diarrhea; vasoactive intestinal peptide