SEVERE HYPERCALCEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS

Authors
CHAN CHS CHAN TYK SHEK ACC MAK TWL LUI SF LAI KN
Citation
Chs. Chan et al., SEVERE HYPERCALCEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS, Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 97(3), 1994, pp. 180-182
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225304
Volume
97
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5304(1994)97:3<180:SHAWMT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Hypercalcaemia is uncommon among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong, possibly because of the low dietary calcium intake in th is population. We report here a case of severe hypercalcaemia in a pat ient with miliary tuberculosis and impaired renal function. We suggest that tuberculosis should be excluded in any febrile patient with hype rcalcaemia, particularly in countries where it is still a common condi tion and an important cause of hypercalcaemia.