Test ID: Z0080
CPT code: 84586
LOINC: 3125-2
Specimen Type: Chilled 6-mL Lav (EDTA) from kit
Frequency: 4 – 9 days
Instructions: 2 mL Plasma with Trasylol from Lavender (EDTA). Frozen. Min 0.4mL. Contact LabCorp supply department for collection kit.
Text: Hypersecretion is observed in “pancreatic cholera syndrome,” Verner-Morrison syndrome or the watery diarrhea-hypokalemia-hypochlorhydria (WDHH) syndrome. VIP can be secreted by pancreatic or ectopic islet cell tumors, and in islet-cell hyperplasia.
Methodology: Radioimmunoassay (RIA)