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Case Reports
. 1988 Jul;23(7):635-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(88)80634-1.

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-secreting ganglioneuromatosis affecting the entire colon and rectum

F J Rescorla  1 , D W Vane, J F Fitzgerald, K W West, J L Grosfeld
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Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-secreting ganglioneuromatosis affecting the entire colon and rectum

F J Rescorla et al. J Pediatr Surg. 1988 Jul.

Abstract

This report describes a 7-year-old boy presenting with watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and hypochlohydria associated with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-secreting ganglioneuromatosis involving the entire colon and rectum. The child's symptoms resolved following proctocolectomy, and the VIP levels returned to normal. Although 55 previous children have been reported with VIP-secreting tumors, this case is the first involving the entire colon and rectum.

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