title: [The etiology of hypercalcemia: a study of 47 cases in a hospital internal medicine service].
abstract: In this study, we are presented the clinical and the aetiologic features of 47 patients having hypercalcemia (total serum calcium > or = 2.7 mmol/l). Our results show a positive significantly correlation between the degree of the hypercalcemia and the severity of the clinical symptomatology. As for to the aetiology, the multiple myeloma, the hyperparathyroid and the neoplastic process constituted 78% of the total aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne B, Hôpital Charles Nicolle-Tunis.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azzabi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khalfallah
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben Hassine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kooli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haddad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Les etiologies de l'hypercalcemie: etude a propos de 47 cas dans un service de medecine interne.