Definition: 'Diarrhea Pancreatica'
diarrhea pancreatica
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. diarrhea characterized by severe, watery, secretory diarrhea and hyperkalemia; most patients have hypercalcemia, many have hyperglycemia; results from excessive secretion of vasoactive intestinal peptide by an islet cell tumor of the pancreas. Sometimes called WDHA syndrome.
Synonyms: pancreatic cholera, pancreatic diarrhea
See:
Verner-Morrison syndrome, WDHA syndrome
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