Hypercalcemia and renal failure in the course of sarcoidosis — case report

Disturbances of calcium metabolism such as hypercalcemia or/and hypercalciuria in the course of sarcoidosis can bea cause of renal failure in some patients. Life threatening hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis patients is not very frequent. Severehypercalcemia leading to renal insufficiency is a very rare...

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Published inAdvances in respiratory medicine Vol. 80; no. 6; pp. 570 - 575
Main Authors Kempisty, Anna, Kuś, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw MDPI AG 01.01.2012
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Case reports
Hypercalcemia
Sarcoidosis
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Summary:Disturbances of calcium metabolism such as hypercalcemia or/and hypercalciuria in the course of sarcoidosis can bea cause of renal failure in some patients. Life threatening hypercalcemia in sarcoidosis patients is not very frequent. Severehypercalcemia leading to renal insufficiency is a very rare condition. We present a case of 53-year old man who was admittedto Department of Lung Diseases because of hypercalcemic syndrome and renal failure, and in whom diagnosis of sarcoidosiswas made. He was successfully treated with systemic corticosteroids. In this article we present physiological mechanism ofhypercalcemia in sarcoidosis patients, mechanism of renal damage and management of these difficult problems.
ISSN:2451-4934
2543-6031