Insuffisance surrénalienne et hypercalcémie: association fortuite [Adrenal insufficiency and hypercalcemia--an unusual presentation]
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serval:BIB_C9F075218CC3
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Insuffisance surrénalienne et hypercalcémie: association fortuite [Adrenal insufficiency and hypercalcemia--an unusual presentation]
Journal
Praxis
ISSN
1661-8157
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Volume
96
Number
45
Pages
1761-1765
Language
german
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article - Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
A 49 y.o. man was admitted for investigation of an intense fatigue associated with nausea, vomiting, weight loss and headache. Examination and work-up reveals a moderate hypercalcaemia and a panhypopituitarism attributed to a craniopharyngioma. Extensive work-up has excluded the most frequent causes of hypercalcaemia and we finally attributed this anomaly to the adrenal failure. In this article, we discuss the diagnostic approach, the etiology and physiopathology of this hypercalcemia and his association with endocrinological anomalies such as adrenal failure.
Keywords
Adrenal Insufficiency/diagnosis, Adrenal Insufficiency/etiology, Craniopharyngioma/diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Hypercalcemia/diagnosis, Hypercalcemia/etiology, Hypopituitarism/complications, Hypopituitarism/diagnosis, Male, Middle Aged, Pituitary Neoplasms/complications, Pituitary Neoplasms/diagnosis
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