VIPOMA

Course overview

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE TUMORS (VIPOMA) ARE NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS SECRETING VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP) IN AN UNREGULATED MANNER. THE VIPOMA SYNDROME IS ALSO KNOWN AS VERNER-MORRISON SYNDROME, WATERY DIARRHEA, HYPOKALEMIA, AND HYPOCHLORHYDRIA OR ACHLORHYDRIA (WDHA) SYNDROME AND PANCREATIC CHOLERA SYNDROME. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF VIPOMAS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS AFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION.