Hypercalcemia-leukocytosis syndrome in a patient with cavitating squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.
BACKGROUND
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death among the cancers seen in the United States. Hypercalcemia and leukocytosis are two common paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer. Unfortunately patients presenting with Hypercalcemia- leukocytosis syndrome has a worse prognosis than patients presenting with lung cancer alone.


METHODS
We present a 67 yr old Caucasian male with a history of active smoking presenting as pneumonia being diagnosed as cavitating squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with hypercalcemia-leukocytosis syndrome


CONCLUSIONS
There should be a high degree of suspicion to diagnose lung cancer in patients presenting with symptoms of paraneoplastic syndrome.
Burzyantseva
Olga
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Department of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA. olga.scott@gmail.com.
Dharmasena
Sanath
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Jayawardena
Suriya
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Rupanagudi
Vijay A
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Krishnan
Padmanabhan
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