title: Hypercalcaemic crisis as the presenting manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis: a case report.
abstract: This report deals with a young man having prolonged fever presenting with hypercalcaemic crisis. Subsequent investigations confirmed tuberculosis (TB) peritonitis in the absence of pulmonary involvement as the cause of his symptoms. His hypercalcaemia and fever resolved with anti-TB therapy. Abdominal TB needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of otherwise unexplained hypercalcaemia especially in our region where TB is an endemic problem and is treatable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Taiping Hospital, Perak.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sivadas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents