Severe hypercalcemia unmasked by Vitamin D in a patient with sarcoidosis.
Severe hypercalcemia is uncommon in clinical practice and is usually due to primary hperparathyroidism or malignancy. We present a patient who presented with severe hypercalcemia with renal failure; further evaluation of which revealed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This case is presented in view of the rarity of presentation of sarcoidosis with hypercalcemic crisis.
Staff Nephrologist, St. Martha's Hospital, Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore, India.
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Hypercalcemia; Vitamin D; renal failure; sarcoidosis