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Article: Disseminated coccidioidomycosis associated with hypercalcemia
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- Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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This article describes a patient in whom disseminated infection with coccidioidomycosis was associated with hypercalcemia. The patient had a low level of 1,25dihydroxyvitamin D and a suppressed parathyroid hormone value, an indication that the hypercalcemia was not mediated by vitamin D or parathyroid hormone. The episode resolved readily with administration of
pamidronate, an outcome suggesting that this is effective treatment of hypercalcemia of this origin. On follow-up of the patient while he was receiving antifungal therapy for Coccidioides immitis, calcium values remained normal. Mayo Clin Proc 1998;73:893-894
PTH = parathyroid hormone
Hypercalcemia has been described in ...