Insuffisance surrénalienne et hypercalcémie: association fortuite [Adrenal insufficiency and hypercalcemia--an unusual presentation]

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_C9F075218CC3
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Insuffisance surrénalienne et hypercalcémie: association fortuite [Adrenal insufficiency and hypercalcemia--an unusual presentation]
Périodique
Praxis
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Mihalache A., Lamy O., Waeber G., Schneider A.
ISSN
1661-8157
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2007
Volume
96
Numéro
45
Pages
1761-1765
Langue
allemand
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article - Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
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.
Mots-clé
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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