An unexpected case of hypercalcaemia and hilar fullness

Hypercalcaemia, a condition with abnormally raised calcium levels, is commonly caused by cancer, immobility, certain supplements and other diseases such as sarcoidosis. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female who presented with hypercalcaemia, hilar adenopathy on chest X-ray and a patho...

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Autores principales: Laher, M, Richards, G A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34240031
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i3.043
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description Hypercalcaemia, a condition with abnormally raised calcium levels, is commonly caused by cancer, immobility, certain supplements and other diseases such as sarcoidosis. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female who presented with hypercalcaemia, hilar adenopathy on chest X-ray and a pathological fracture of her ankle that was unexpectedly due to hyperparathyroidism.
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spelling pubmed-82030832021-07-07 An unexpected case of hypercalcaemia and hilar fullness Laher, M Richards, G A Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report Hypercalcaemia, a condition with abnormally raised calcium levels, is commonly caused by cancer, immobility, certain supplements and other diseases such as sarcoidosis. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old female who presented with hypercalcaemia, hilar adenopathy on chest X-ray and a pathological fracture of her ankle that was unexpectedly due to hyperparathyroidism. South African Medical Association 2020-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8203083/ /pubmed/34240031 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i3.043 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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