Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma
We present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in thre...
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| author | Amarinder Singh Garcha Purva Gumaste Sujith Cherian Apurv Khanna |
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| description | We present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in three cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cab133d2e3c84230a34966e8b724cd952025-02-03T01:25:40ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352013-01-01201310.1155/2013/815252815252Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine LeiomyomaAmarinder Singh Garcha0Purva Gumaste1Sujith Cherian2Apurv Khanna3Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADivision of Nephrology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USAWe present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in three cases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/815252 |
| spellingShingle | Amarinder Singh Garcha Purva Gumaste Sujith Cherian Apurv Khanna Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma |
| title_full | Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma |
| title_fullStr | Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma |
| title_short | Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma |
| title_sort | hypercalcemia an unusual manifestation of uterine leiomyoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/815252 |
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