ea0019p43 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009
Arutchelvam V
, Foulkes A
, Napier C
, Madathil A
, Razvi S
, Narayanan KR
Hypercalcaemia is a commonly encountered problem. Though primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy account for greater than 90% of cases other rare causes need to be considered. We present an unusual but significant cause of hypercalcaemia.Of 87-year-old gentleman presented with acute abdominal pain and a severe hypercalcaemia with corrected serum calcium of 4.36 mmol/l (2.12.6). Significant dehydration was associated with acute renal failure (Tab...