A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone

Altered mental status can be the initial presenting symptom of an ectopic hyperparathyroidism from severe hypercalcemia. A high index of suspicion for paraneoplastic hypercalcemia and a systematic approach to diagnosis should be considered.

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Autores principales: Gabriel, Franchesca Gabrielle Concha, Picar, Rosalina Espiritu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7069854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32185028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2631
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spelling pubmed-70698542020-03-17 A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone Gabriel, Franchesca Gabrielle Concha Picar, Rosalina Espiritu Clin Case Rep Case Reports Altered mental status can be the initial presenting symptom of an ectopic hyperparathyroidism from severe hypercalcemia. A high index of suspicion for paraneoplastic hypercalcemia and a systematic approach to diagnosis should be considered. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7069854/ /pubmed/32185028 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2631 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title_full A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title_fullStr A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title_short A rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
title_sort rare case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy from ectopic secretion of parathyroid hormone
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7069854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32185028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2631
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