title: Hypercalcaemia in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Hypercalcaemia is found in more than 90% of the cases of primitive hyperparathyroidism and malignancies. Rarely, D hypervitaminosis, sarcoidosis, other granulomatous diseases, some drugs, and endocrine diseases may be responsible. Nine patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and hypercalcaemia, without evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism, have been previously described. Here we report the 10th patient with SLE and hypercalcaemia, along with a brief review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Roma, Italia. flavia.delporto@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Porto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Proietta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koverech
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trappolini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aliberti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D002118:Calcium