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. 2013:2013:815252.
doi: 10.1155/2013/815252. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Hypercalcemia: an unusual manifestation of uterine leiomyoma

Amarinder Singh Garcha  1 , Purva Gumaste, Sujith Cherian, Apurv Khanna
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Hypercalcemia: an unusual manifestation of uterine leiomyoma

Amarinder Singh Garcha et al. Case Rep Med. 2013.

Abstract

We present a case of hypercalcemia in a 79-year-old female likely secondary to uterine leiomyoma. To the best of our knowledge, hypercalcemia due to a benign tumor has only been described in five cases. Of these above five cases, uterine leiomyoma was thought to be the cause of hypercalcemia in three cases.

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