Does Attenuated Mckittrick-Wheelock Syndrome Exists?

McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome is caused by fluid and electrolyte hypersecretion from colorectal tumor. We present a patient with large villous adenoma who had hyponatremia and rectal bleeding and treated with laparoscopic surgery. A 52-year-old female patient presented with rectal bleeding and hypona...

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Published in:Istanbul medical journal 2019-01, Vol.20 (1), p.78-79
Main Authors: Er, Sadettin, Yüksel, Bülent Cavit, Özden, Sabri, Tikici, Deniz, Yıldız, Barış Doğu, Tez, Mesut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case reports
Colon
Conflicts of interest
Diabetes
Electrolytes
Endoscopy
Hyponatremia
Laparoscopy
McKittrick- Wheelock syndrome
Patients
Surgery
Tumors
Villous adenoma
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Summary:McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome is caused by fluid and electrolyte hypersecretion from colorectal tumor. We present a patient with large villous adenoma who had hyponatremia and rectal bleeding and treated with laparoscopic surgery. A 52-year-old female patient presented with rectal bleeding and hyponatremia (117 mEq/lt sodium) in biochemistry. After electrolytic replacement therapy and preoperative colonoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging examinations, the patient underwent laparoscopic surgery and full postoperative recovery was achieved. This case raises the question whether there are mild forms of McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome.
ISSN:2619-9793
1304-8503
2148-094X
DOI:10.4274/imj.galenos.2018.04764