Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypercalcemia is not uncommon in clinical practice and may present as a life-threatening emergency. Its main aetiologies are primary hyperparathyroidism (80% parathyroid adenomas; 20% multiglandular hyperplasia, <1% parathyroid carcinomas) and hypercalcemia of malignancy, with or without presence of bone metastases.Case Report: We present a case of a 77 years-old male, submitted to a subtotal gastrectomy at the age of 73 due to a perfor...