Malignant McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome as a cause of acute kidney injury and hypokalemia: Report of a case and review of literature.
Colonic polyps are usually asymptomatic, and are commonly detected during screening colonoscopy. Severe hypokalemia secondary to secretory diarrhea is a rare presentation of rectal polyps. We present a 70 years old female with hypokalemia and acute kidney injury secondary to secretory diarhea due to moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of rectum, all of which is syndromically sometimes referred to as McKittrick and Wheelock syndrome. The case is presented because McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome is still more uncommon with malignancy. The syndrome may be associated with other features of hypersecretory diarrhea. Though very rare, clinical suspicion would often lead to diagnosis and appropriate management. We also review the previously published reports of this entity.
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sarthak
S
Malik
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Bipadabhanjan
B
Mallick
Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Kunaal
K
Makkar
Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Vivek
V
Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Vishal
V
Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Surinder Singh
SS
Rana
Diarrhea; colorectal cancer; hypokalemia; rectal adenoma
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