Bone marrow examinations as final clue to diagnosis of hypercalcemia: report of two cases.
Two young men with severe hypercalcemia in association with renal failure (one acute and one chronic) are reported in whom usual diagnostic tests failed to reveal an etiology, and the final diagnoses were given by bone marrow examinations. Early bone marrow examinations in specific patients with hypercalcemia of undetermined origin sometimes are vital as shown by our two patients.
Lam
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KK
Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. lamkk@ksts.seed.net.tw
Kuo
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CY
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*