J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
November 2021
ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a cardiac emergency. However, multiple clinical disorders can cause ST-elevation ECG changes, one of which is pericarditis. Regional pericarditis is a less known clinical phenomenon that can mimic STEMI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: hypercalcemia of malignancy is a severe complication of malignancy and associated with poor prognosis. Four mechanisms are implicated in this metabolic disorder, including excess parathyroid-related peptide secretion, focal osteolysis secondary to bone metastasis or multiple myeloma, excess calcitriol production, and ectopic parathyroid hormone production. Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy secondary to isolated PTHrP or calcitriol overproduction is known; however, hypercalcemia of malignancy due to simultaneous PTHrP and calcitriol overproduction is less well known.
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