title: Hypercalcaemia and elevated levels of parathyroid hormone-related protein in cutaneous squamous/basal cell carcinoma.
abstract: A patient with mixed squamous/basal cell carcinoma of the skin presented with hypercalcaemia and elevated serum levels of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP). The tumour was resected, PTH-rP levels declined and the patient became normocalcaemic. This is the first case to associate squamous cell carcinoma of the skin with hypercalcaemia and significant levels of PTH-rP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Asp
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Budayer
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Strewler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins