title: Ovarian carcinoma producing parathyroid hormone-related protein causing hypercalcemia and metastatic calcification detected on (18)F-FDG PET-CT.
abstract: Hypercalcemia is associated with gynecologic malignant diseases, and cases involving various organs such as the uterus, ovaries, vulva, and vagina. This may be due to elevated levels of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP). We describe here two cases of ovarian carcinoma simultaneously producing PTHrP that caused hypercalcemia and metastatic calcification detected on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Krishan Kant
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sellam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karunanithi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; hypercalcemia; metastasis; ovarian cancer; parathyroid hormone-related peptide