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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Madhu Sigdel M.B.B.S.[2]Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [3]
Overview
VIPoma also known as Verner-Morrison syndrome was first described in 1958 by Verner and Morrison.
Historical Perspective
- In 1870, Rudolf Heidenhain was the first to discover and describe the neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas.
- In 1958, American physicians, John U. Verner and Ashton B. Morrison discovered VIPoma for the first time in a patient presenting with profuse diarrhea and hypokalemia.
- John U. Verner and Ashton B also described in detail the pathogenesis of VIPoma (due to malignancy of non-insulin producing pancreatic islets).
- VIPoma is also known as Verner-Morrison syndrome named after its discovering physicians.[1]
References
- ↑ Belei OA, Heredea ER, Boeriu E, Marcovici TM, Cerbu S, Mărginean O; et al. (2017). "Verner-Morrison syndrome. Literature review". Rom J Morphol Embryol. 58 (2): 371–376. PMID 28730220.