Síndrome de McKittrick-Wheelock: una causa infrecuente de hipokalemia e injuria renal aguda. Caso clínico / McKrittick-Wheelock syndrome: report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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145(7): 950-953, jul. 2017. graf
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome is caused by chronic water and electrolyte hypersecretion from an intestinal tumor, usually a villous adenoma, located in the rectum or sigmoid. Patients often have dehydration, hypovolemic shock and kidney failure associated with hypokalemia, hyponatremia, hypochloremia and metabolic acidosis. We report a 62-year-old male, suffering chronic diarrhea for eight years who was admitted after a syncope. He had severe hypokalemia, hyponatremia, metabolic acidosis, hypovolemia and acute renal failure. After his metabolic disorders were corrected, a colonoscopy showed a large rectosigmoid tumor with the characteristics of a villous adenoma. During the follow up after the complete tumor resection, the patient has remained asymptomatic.
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Main subject:
Uterine Diseases
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Abnormalities, Multiple
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Polydactyly
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Coronary Disease
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Hydrocolpos
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Heart Defects, Congenital
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Carlos Van Buren/CL
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