Vipoma

Vipoma:

Vipoma: Introduction

Vipoma: A rare disorder caused by an increase in secretion of vasoactive intestinal peptide by the pancreas. The syndrome is often caused by an islet-cell tumor (except for beta cells) in the pancreas. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Vipoma is available below.

Symptoms of Vipoma

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Treatments for Vipoma

Medical stabilization of specific symptoms of hormone oversectretion eg hypoglycaemia, diarrhea
Somatastatin analogs - for management of symptoms of all pancreatic endocrine tumors apart from somatastatinoma
Surgical resection of tumor
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Vipoma: Complications

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Causes of Vipoma

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Vipoma: Rare Types

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Clinical Trials for Vipoma

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Vipoma include:

EPO906 in Carcinoid and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors - This study has been suspended (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - EPO906 epothilone B
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Definitions of Vipoma:

An often clinically aggressive endocrine neoplasm located in the pancreas or small intestine. It is composed of cells containing vasoactive intestinal peptide. It may cause intractable diarrhea and metabolic disturbances. --2003 - (Source - Diseases Database)

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