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A case of adult ganglioneuroma-pheochromocytoma with an associated watery diarrhea syndrome is reported. High levels of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) were found in preoperative serum and in tumor tissue. The serum VIP levels fell to normal, and the watery diarrhae syndrome completely ceased
Neural crest tumors can be complicated by secretory diarrhea mediated by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). An eight-month-old male with a several-month history of secretory diarrhea is described. Elevated urine vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), total urine catecholamines, and plasma VIP indicated that
The clinical case of a six year old child with two years of severe watery chronic diarrhea is presented. An exhaustive investigation followed by exploratory abdominal surgery, showed ganglioneuroma secreting tumor of VIP (vasoactive intestinal polypeptide). The clinical behavior, the complexity of
In a 2 1/2-year-old girl with persistent watery diarrhea a retroperitoneal tumour and lymph node composed of benign ganglioneuroma cells were found. The histological picture was compatible with an original metastasizing neuroblastoma which has passed through a stage of late maturation. Electron
Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are neural crest cell-derived tumors and rarely occur in the adrenal gland. There are presently no markers that can reliably distinguish benign and malignant neuroendocrine tumors. Here we describe a 63-year-old woman who developed sudden chest pain and hypertension combined