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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr;46(2):158-160.
doi: 10.5152/TJAR.2017.22220. Epub 2017 Nov 29.

Paediatric VIPoma: A Jamboree of Electrolytes

Amit Rastogi  1 , Vansh Priya  2 , Rudrashish Haldar  1 , Rameez Riaz  3
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Paediatric VIPoma: A Jamboree of Electrolytes

Amit Rastogi et al. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Vasoactive intestinal peptide secreting tumour (VIPoma) is a rare type of neuroendocrine tumour (NET), primarily located in the tail of pancreas. This type of tumour presents with myriad of metabolic and electrolyte misbalances in the preoperative period, mainly due to increased vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) levels. Perioperative management of patients with VIPoma is challenging, especially when dealing with paediatric patients. The anaesthetic management of a two-year-old girl who was selected for VIPoma resection is hereby presented.

Keywords: Diarrhoea; dyselectrolytemia; hypokalaemia.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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Figure 1. a–d
Triple-contrast computed tomography abdomen scan showing a mass measuring 3 cm×4 cm, arising from the left adrenal gland
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