McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome: rectal villous adenoma as a cause of acute renal failure.

We report the case of a 67-year-old male with a history of arterial hypertension and atrial fibrillation, who was admitted for acute renal failure (creatinine: 4.41 mg/dl) and hypotension. He also presented hyponatremia (129 mmol/L) and hypokalemia (2.7 mmol/L). The patient referred profuse diarrhea during the previous two months as a possible triggering cause. Physical examination showed signs of dehydration and palpation of a polypoid mass in the rectal ampulla.

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Carlos Ordieres Díaz, Isabel Pérez Valle, Margarita Fernández de la Varga, Pedro Amor Martín, Marta Álvarez Posadilla, Ángel Cano Abascal, Adrián Huergo Fernández. McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome: rectal villous adenoma as a cause of acute renal failure. Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva. 2022 Apr;114(4):245

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PMID: 35034459

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