vipoma การใช้

• This complex, referred to as the watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria syndrome ( VIPoma ), has been ascribed to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, although other intestinal hormones or secretagogues ( including prostaglandins ) may contribute.
• Low osmotic gap ( < 50 mosm / kg ) causes of secretory diarrhea include toxin-mediated causes ( cholera, enterotoxigenic strains of " E . coli " ) and secretagogues such as vasoactive intestinal peptide ( from a VIPoma, for example ).
• A "'VIPoma "'( also known as "'Verner Morrison syndrome "', after the physicians who first described it ) is a rare ( 1 per 10, 000, 000 per year ) endocrine tumor, usually ( about 90 % ) originating from non-? islet cell of the pancreas, that produce vasoactive intestinal peptide ( VIP ).