An unusual case of severe hypercalcemia: as dehydrated as a bone

• Main Authors: Roshan Acharya (Author), Dylan M Winters (Author), Cameron Rowe (Author), Nathan Buckley (Author), Smita Kafle (Author), Bhaskar Chhetri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Severe hypercalcemia is a medical emergency. Hyperparathyroidism, malignancy, vitamin D toxicity, infections such as tuberculosis, or systemic illness such as sarcoidosis are all possible etiologies. Among the less studied causes is dehydration. Our objective is to identify dehydration as...