title: Hypercalcemia in glioblastoma multiforme.
abstract: Hypercalcemia is commonly associated with cancer, occurring in around 10-20% of cancer patients. Hypercalcemia is usually related to solid and non-solid malignancies specifically breast cancer, lung cancer and multiple myeloma. Hypercalcemia has been reported to occur in association with astrocytomas, and uncommonly in gliomas. We report a case of a previously healthy man presenting with glioblastoma multiforme . He was found to have persistently elevated serum calcium and calcitriol with normal parathyroid function. This is the first reported case of hypercalcemia associated with glioblastoma multiforme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. fadiseif@yahoo.com
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Seif
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barake
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium