Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure

Silicone implant-induced hypercalcemia is a rather rare pathological entity. There are only a few published reports on the topic. Here, we have reported a case of acute kidney injury in the background of hypercalcemia and elevated vitamin D level in a transgender patient with a history of silicone i...

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Autores principales: Fareen, Nusha, Zafar, Mohammad Umair, Ahmed, Zaka, Hossain, Mohammad A, Diraviam, Sushmitha P, Taj, Sobaan, Masud, Avais
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35720781
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25890
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author Fareen, Nusha
Zafar, Mohammad Umair
Ahmed, Zaka
Hossain, Mohammad A
Diraviam, Sushmitha P
Taj, Sobaan
Masud, Avais
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Zafar, Mohammad Umair
Ahmed, Zaka
Hossain, Mohammad A
Diraviam, Sushmitha P
Taj, Sobaan
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description Silicone implant-induced hypercalcemia is a rather rare pathological entity. There are only a few published reports on the topic. Here, we have reported a case of acute kidney injury in the background of hypercalcemia and elevated vitamin D level in a transgender patient with a history of silicone injections in the breast and buttocks for cosmetic purposes.
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spelling pubmed-92032522022-06-17 Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure Fareen, Nusha Zafar, Mohammad Umair Ahmed, Zaka Hossain, Mohammad A Diraviam, Sushmitha P Taj, Sobaan Masud, Avais Cureus Internal Medicine Silicone implant-induced hypercalcemia is a rather rare pathological entity. There are only a few published reports on the topic. Here, we have reported a case of acute kidney injury in the background of hypercalcemia and elevated vitamin D level in a transgender patient with a history of silicone injections in the breast and buttocks for cosmetic purposes. Cureus 2022-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9203252/ /pubmed/35720781 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25890 Text en Copyright © 2022, Fareen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Fareen, Nusha
Zafar, Mohammad Umair
Ahmed, Zaka
Hossain, Mohammad A
Diraviam, Sushmitha P
Taj, Sobaan
Masud, Avais
Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title_full Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title_fullStr Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title_full_unstemmed Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title_short Modifying Beauty Is Not Priceless: A Rare Case of Silicone-Induced Hypercalcemia With Renal Failure
title_sort modifying beauty is not priceless: a rare case of silicone-induced hypercalcemia with renal failure
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35720781
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25890
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