[The etiology of hypercalcemia: a study of 47 cases in a hospital internal medicine service]

Tunis Med. 2001 Jun-Jul;79(6-7):348-52.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In this study, we are presented the clinical and the aetiologic features of 47 patients having hypercalcemia (total serum calcium > or = 2.7 mmol/l). Our results show a positive significantly correlation between the degree of the hypercalcemia and the severity of the clinical symptomatology. As for to the aetiology, the multiple myeloma, the hyperparathyroid and the neoplastic process constituted 78% of the total aetiology.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / etiology*
  • Hyperparathyroidism / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications*
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Retrospective Studies