ALLMedicine™ Hypercalcemia Center

Sep 25th, 2021 - Brown tumor is a reactive osteolytic lesion associated with hyperparathyroidism and an extremely rare form of a single lesion in the maxilla. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman with renal dysfunction, nasal obstruction, and hypercalcemia. M...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder and the most frequent benign cause of hypercalcemia. PHPT is characterized by autonomous hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH), regardless of serum calcium levels. Familial hy...

Sep 25th, 2021 - Hypercalcemia has been reported as a poor prognostic factor in malignant tumors. However, no report has shown the clinical impact of serum calcium levels on patients with esophageal cancer. We evaluated the prognostic impact of preoperative serum ...

Sep 18th, 2021 - Imbalances of various electrolytes, including calcium, are associated with the prognosis of Covid disease. This study investigated the relationship between serum calcium and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. This study is a systematic r...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Granulomatous tubulointerstitial nephritis (GTIN) is a rare pathologic finding on kidney biopsy. GTIN can be associated with drugs, infection, systemic granulomatous disease, and tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis syndrome. We present a cas...

Jan 19th, 2019 - Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is a distinct mature T-cell malignancy caused by chronic infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 with diverse clinical features and prognosis. ATL remains a challenging disease as a result of its diver...

Feb 12th, 2017 - Multiple myeloma (MM) is caused by the neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells. These neoplastic plasma cells proliferate and produce monoclonal immunoglobulin in the bone marrow causing skeletal damage, a hallmark of multiple myeloma. Other MM-r...

Oct 12th, 2014 - Hydroelectrolytic disorders are one of the most common metabolic complications in cancer patients. Although often metabolic alterations affecting various ions are part of the manifestations of the oncological disease, even in the form of paraneopl...

Jul 9th, 2020 - Other differential diagnoses were considered in this patient. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesic drugs can cause acute kidney injury or acute interstitial nephritis, especially with long-term use or in individuals with preexisting ...

May 27th, 2020 - A cavitary lesion in a proximal bronchus is considered the classic manifestation of squamous cell lung carcinoma. Histologically, it is characterized by the presence of keratin pearls and can be detected with cytologic studies because it has a ten...

Jan 28th, 2020 - Bisphosphonates are a Tx mainstay Indications for treatment include symptomatic or asymptomatic disease with any of the following: elevated sAP with pagetic changes at sites where complications could occur; sAP more than 2 to 4 times the upper lim.

Dec 24th, 2019 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vitamin D supplementation in doses up to 10,000 IU/day appears to be safe and well tolerated, though higher doses increase the risk of hypercalciuria and mild hypercalcemia, according to a secondary analysis from the Ca...

Nov 1st, 2019 - Imaging reports A nuclear bone scan showed increased bone uptake in the hip and both shoulders, consistent with arthritis, and increased activity in 2 of the lower left ribs, associated with rib fractures secondary to lytic lesions. A skeletal sur.