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Case Reports
. 1975 Jun;51(596):416-9.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.51.596.416.

Watery diarrhoea and hypokalaemia associated with a phaeochromocytoma

C A Loehry, J G Kingham, P J Whorwell
Case Reports

Watery diarrhoea and hypokalaemia associated with a phaeochromocytoma

C A Loehry et al. Postgrad Med J. 1975 Jun.

Abstract

The syndrome of water diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and achlorhydria (WDHA) is well described in association with a non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas. The following case report is of a 28-year-old woman with a WDHA syndrome that was cured by the removal of a phaeochromocytoma.

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