Conjunctival biopsy in unexplained hypercalcemia.
A 31-year-old woman presented with hypercalcemia, anemia, azotemia, and splenomegaly. Extensive laboratory studies failed to establish the diagnosis, though sarcoidosis seemed likely on the basis of marked hypercalciuria and restrictive lung disease. Conjunctival biopsy showed noncaseating epithelioid granulomas, confirming the clinical diagnosis. Conjunctival biopsy deserves consideration in the evaluation of the patient with unexplained hypercalcemia or other findings suggestive of saroidosis.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*