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ea0028p328 | Steroids | SFEBES2012

Hypercalcaemia - A diagnostic dilemma

Manjunatha Rashmi , Pearson Dominique , Warner Darren

Case Report: A lady of 43 presented with an insidious onset of weight loss, lethargy, muscle pains, and more recently; polydipsia, nausea and vomiting. She had been recently started on levothyroxine for primary hypothyroidism. She was hypotensive and tachycardic. Investigations revealed Sodium 123 mmol/L (133–146), Potassium 5.0 mmol/L (3.5–5.3), Urea 16.2 mmol/L (2.5–7.8), Creatinine 153 umol/L (45–90) and calcium 3.4 mmol/L (2.1–2.6). PTH was <0....