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Vitamin D-Mediated Hypercalcemia: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

open access: yesEndocrine reviews, 2016
Hypercalcemia occurs in up to 4% of the population in association with malignancy, primary hyperparathyroidism, ingestion of excessive calcium and/or vitamin D, ectopic production of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], and impaired degradation of 1,25 ...
P. Tebben, Ravinder J Singh, R. Kumar
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multifactorial Hypercalcemia and Literature Review on Primary Hyperparathyroidism Associated with Lymphoma

open access: yesCase Reports in Endocrinology, 2014
The most common cause of hypercalcemia in hospitalized patients is malignancy. Primary hyperparathyroidism most commonly causes hypercalcemia in the outpatient setting. These two account for over 90% of all cases of hypercalcemia.
Jelena Maletkovic   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cellular and molecular mediators of bone metastatic lesions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Bone is the preferential site of metastasis for breast and prostate tumor. Cancer cells establish a tight relationship with the host tissue, secreting factors that stimulate or inhibit bone cells, receiving signals generated from the bone remodeling ...
Battafarano, Giulia   +3 more
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Hypercalcemia and cancer: Differential diagnosis and treatment

open access: yesCa, 2018
Incidentally detected hypercalcemia usually presents in an indolent manner and is most likely caused by primary hyperparathyroidism. In contrast, hypercalcemia in the patient with a history of cancer presents in a wide range of clinical settings and may ...
Jonathan Zagzag   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Case Report: Pulmonary Alveolar Calcification as a Result of Severe Hypercalcemia due to Acute Lymphoblatic Leukemia. [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/5aj]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2015
Severe hypercalcemia is a rare metabolic disorder in pediatric medicine. This report describes a rare case of severe hypercalcemia and its clinical manifestations in a 2-year-old toddler.
Jose Colleti Junior   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successful management with bisphosphonate treatment in a child with tuberculosis-associated hypercalcemia

open access: yesİstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri, 2020
Hypercalcemia is a common metabolic abnormality in children and generally occurs due to hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D toxicity, some genetic disorders and malignant diseases.
Suna Kılınç   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ionized hypercalcemia in 238 cats from a referral hospital population (2009‐2019)

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023
Background Ionized calcium concentration ([iCa]) is more sensitive for detecting calcium disturbances than serum total calcium concentration but literature on ionized hypercalcemia in cats is limited.
Sophie E. Broughton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and outcome of severe hypercalcemia on admission to the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2023
AIMS OF THE STUDY: To investigate the prevalence of hypercalcemia (>2.60 mmol/l) and severe hypercalcemia (≥2.80 mmol/l) on admission. Symptoms, causes, course of serum calcium, treatment and outcome of severe hypercalcemia were evaluated and compared ...
Svenja Ravioli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Management of Hypercalcemia in Malignancy: A Review of the Literature

open access: yesHormone and Metabolic Research, 2019
Hypercalcemia of malignancy is the most common life-threatening metabolic disorder in patients with advanced stage cancers and is a sign of poor prognosis. It usually presents with markedly elevated calcium level and is severely symptomatic.
Nikolaos Asonitis   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A successful treatment of hypercalcemia with zoledronic acid in a 15-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016
Severe hypercalcemia in children is a rare medical emergency. We present a case of a 15-year-old boy with hypercalcemia (total calcium level, 14.2 mg/dL) with a normal complete blood count, no circulating blasts in the peripheral blood film, and no other
Hye-Jin Park   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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