Hypercalcemia: an unusual manifestation of uterine leiomyoma.

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Department of Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.

Published: March 2013

AI Article Synopsis

  • - A 79-year-old woman experienced hypercalcemia, which is an abnormally high level of calcium in the blood, possibly linked to a uterine leiomyoma (a benign tumor).
  • - This case is notable because hypercalcemia resulting from a benign tumor is rare, with only five documented instances.
  • - Among those rare cases, uterine leiomyoma was identified as the cause in three of them.

Article Abstract

We present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in three cases.

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