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Rev. méd. Chile
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136(7): 900-904, jul. 2008. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-496013
ABSTRACT
Villous colorectal adenomas are common tumors that normally provoke scarce symptomatology. We report a 59 year-old female that was admitted with severe dehydration due to severe diarrhea lasting 10 days and vomiting in the last 48 hours. On rectal palpation a large tumor located 5 cm above the anus was palpated. Colonoscopy confirmed the presence of a villous adenoma that was excised surgically. In this patient, the fluid and electrolyte hypersecretion of the rectal villous adenoma provoked a depletion syndrome with serious hydroelectrolytic alterations, acute renal failure and hypovolemic shock. This syndrome was first described by McKittrick and Wheelock in 1954.
Subject(s)
Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Adenoma, Villous/complications , Colonic Neoplasms/complications , Water-Electrolyte Imbalance/etiology , Adenoma, Villous/pathology , Adenoma, Villous/surgery , Colonic Neoplasms/pathology , Colonic Neoplasms/surgery , Diarrhea/etiology , Rectum/surgery , Syndrome
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Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
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34(2): 58-58, ago. 2004. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-389924