Hypercalcemia in acute lymphatic leukemia.
We report the case histories of 2 patients with a rapidly fatal form of acute lymphatic leukemia, who showed severe hypercalcemia during the acute phase of the disease. The pathogenetic mechanism of the hypercalcemia in these two cases was different. A short review of present day theories regarding the pathogenesis of tumor hypercalcemia is presented.
Pomeranz
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Nagler
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Abrahamov
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Schimmel
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Drukker
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis