Hypercalcemia: An Unusual Manifestation of Uterine Leiomyoma

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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Veröffentlicht in:Case Reports in Medicine 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.42-43-210
Hauptverfasser: Garcha, Amarinder Singh, Gumaste, Purva, Cherian, Sujith, Khanna, Apurv
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Sprache:eng
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Fibroids
Hypercalcemia
Leiomyoma
Metastasis
Risk factors
Vitamin D
Women
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI:10.1155/2013/815252