Severe hypercalcemia in a patient with extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus: granuloma or immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome? First case of Mycobacterium abscessus presenting as retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy with severe hypercalcemia: a case report and literature review

• Hauptverfasser: Omar Abdulfattah (Verfasst von), Ebad Ur Rahman (Verfasst von), FNU Shweta (Verfasst von), Praveen Datar (Verfasst von), Zainab Alnafoosi (Verfasst von), David Trauber (Verfasst von), Mirela Sam (Verfasst von), Danilo Enriquez (Verfasst von), Frances Schmidt (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Nontuberculous mycobacterium is a recognized cause of hypercalcemia, particularly in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Here we describe a case of severe hypercalcemia secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) in a patient with AIDS. To the best of our kno...