title: Alternation of hypo- and hypercalcemia in a parathyroidectomized patient with breast cancer.
abstract: We report the case of a 54-year-old female patient with postoperative hypoparathyroidism. Despite the fact that she was receiving calcitriol replacement therapy, following the appearance of bone metastases due to breast cancer she developed severe crises of hypo- and hypercalcemia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Endocrinology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giacomini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liverotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cefaro
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: D002117:Calcitriol