title: Hypercalcemia and malignant disease.
abstract: Virtually any malignancy may lead to hypercalcemia, but carcinoma of the breast, myeloma, and carcinoma of the lung are especially frequent offenders. A more difficult diagnostic problem is posed by the "silent" tumor which secretes a substance causing hypercalcemia. Foremost in this category are bronchogenic carcimona and hypernephroma.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis