Síndrome de McKittrick-Wheelock: una causa infrecuente de shock hipovolémico / McKittrick- Wheelock syndrome: report of one case
Rev. méd. Chile
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136(7): 900-904, jul. 2008. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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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.
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Assunto principal:
Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico
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Neoplasias do Colo
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Adenoma Viloso
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Feminino
/
Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Uruguai
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de la República/UY
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