achlorhydria/headache

OBJECTIVE To describe the rare occurrence of histologic transformation of a pheochromocytoma to a composite type of tumor during a long-term follow-up, which was complicated by watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria syndrome. METHODS We report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented

Isolated vitamin B12 deficiency is a common condition in elderly patients but uncommon in patients younger than 30 years, with an average age of onset between 60 and 70 years. This is because the dietary cobalamin, which is normally split by enzymes in meat in the presence of hydrochloric acid and

The adverse effect profile of proton-pump inhibitors is presented. The proton-pump inhibitors are a well-tolerated class of drugs. The most common adverse events of headache, diarrhea, and nausea have been reported in fewer than 5% of patients treated with lansoprazole or omeprazole. The frequency

Drug-induced achlorhydria in experimental animals results in excessive hypergastrinaemia, ECL-cell hyperplasia and ECL-cell carcinoidosis. However, these events have not been observed in long-term studies in patients receiving proton pump inhibitors. Serum gastrin levels increase only modestly

During the past 2 decades, great advances have been made in the treatment of ulcer disease. This has involved the development of new drugs that are not only well tolerated, but are relatively inexpensive. The lack of significant adverse effects has revealed a degree of tolerability that, to write a

Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) of the esophagus are very rare. The majority of the patients with NECs present with metastasis. Paraneoplastic syndromes, such as syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone and watery diarrhea-hypokalemia-achlorhydria syndrome, have been reported in