1.
Rev. méd. Chile
; 136(7): 900-904, jul. 2008. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-496013
RESUMO
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.
Assuntos
Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adenoma Viloso/complicações , Neoplasias do Colo/complicações , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/etiologia , Adenoma Viloso/patologia , Adenoma Viloso/cirurgia , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Neoplasias do Colo/cirurgia , Diarreia/etiologia , Reto/cirurgia , Síndrome
2.
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
; Acta gastroenterol. latinoam;34(2): 58-58, ago. 2004. ilus
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-389924