Hypercalcemia: An Underestimated Value Always Good for a Surprise.
Praxis (Bern 1994)
; 110(2): 97-100, 2022 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
We present the unusual case of a 62-year-old male with profound asthenia and dyspnea for the last two months. Blood exams showed a severe hypercalcemia. Suspecting an underlying malignancy, we performed a 18F-FDG PET-CT, revealing widespread metabolic uptakes in muscles, consistent with an inflammatory process. The muscular biopsy showed a non-necrotising granuloma with multinucleated giant cells, pathognomonic for the diagnosis of acute isolated muscular sarcoidosis. A high-dose steroid therapy was started with clinical improvement and serum calcium normalization.
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Assunto principal:
Fluordesoxiglucose F18
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Hipercalcemia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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Praxis (Bern 1994)
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article