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A 59-year-old woman developed hypercalcaemia during treatment with colecalciferol and hydrochlorothiazide. The woman, who had a history of hypertension, sarcoidosis and chronic kidney disease stage 3 presented with confusion, lowback pain, anorexia, weakness, constipation, nausea and vomiting. Her home medications were colecalciferol and hydrochlorothiazide [routes, dosages and indications not stated]. At presentation, she was afebrile, and vital signs were stable. A tender to palpated lumbar spine and abdomen were noted. Laboratory work revealed elevated BUN and creatinine, hyperproteinaemia, hypercalcaemia [duration of treatments to reaction onset not stated] and normocytic anaemia. Additionally, elevate parathyroid hormone level and low 25-OH vitamin D level. An increased gamma globulins were noted upon serum protein electrophoresis, however, immunofixation identified no monoclonal band. Serum free kappa light chains was found to be elevated. Chest CT scan showed bilateral ground-glass opacities with calcified bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. Parathyroid scintigraphy showed focally increased radiotracer accumulation in the left neck. The woman received aggressive IV sodium chlor

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Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)