Hypercalcemia is a condition in which there are abnormal levels of calcium in the blood. The normal calcium levels in blood serum range from 8.8 mg/dL to 10.8 mg/dL. 90% of hypercalcemia cases are ...

Hypercalcemia affects up to 30% of patients with cancer. 1 It has been seen in most cancers but is most common in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, multiple myeloma, head and ...

Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is the most common metabolic complication seen in patients with cancer, and is associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. It affects an estimated 2%–30 ...

New research attempts to answer some of the mystery related to the causes and impact of hypercalcemia in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Hypercalcemia is caused by many factors in ...

I also would be interested to know whether the authors think that substituting a spot urine calcium/creatinine ratio for a 24-hour urine calcium level is acceptable for evaluation of these infants.

When an increase in serum calcium (Ca) is found in a cancer patient, if there is bone metastasis, one is tempted to think ...

Calcium is an essential element for normal physiologic function. Normal serum calcium is maintained within a close range of 8.4 to 10.4 mg/dL, and acute or severe changes can result in serious cardiac ...

BAND keratopathy with hypercalcemia of whatever cause is a well established entity. 1–4 It presents as a gray, granular and superficial opacity limited to the paralimbal region on either side of the ...

Hypercalcemia is most common in those who have later-stage malignancies and predicts a poor prognosis for those with it. The most common causes include humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy mediated by ...