Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Report

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dc.contributor.authorSritharan, T.
dc.contributor.authorSuganthan, N.
dc.contributor.authorSujanitha, V.
dc.contributor.authorSutharshan, V.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T03:34:15Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T03:34:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractA 36-year-old female with chronic watery diarrhea and persistent hypokalemia for more than eight months duration eventually being diagnosed as vasoactive intestinal peptide tumor (VIPoma) clinically and histologically is presented here. The patient achieved complete recovery after starting octreotide, a somatostatin analog. She underwent a distal pancreatectomy along with the removal of the tumor at Teaching Hospital Jaffna for the permanent cure.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThivacaren, S., Suganthan, N., Sujanitha, V., & Sutharshan, V. (2022). Vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A case report. Cureus, 14(3).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/9684
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectChronic diarrheaen_US
dc.subjectDistal pancreatectomyen_US
dc.subjectOctreotideen_US
dc.subjectHypokalemiaen_US
dc.subjectVasoactive intestinal peptide tumoren_US
dc.titleVasoactive Intestinal Peptide-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Reporten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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