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Primary oropharyngeal cancer and hypercalcemia
Author(s) -
Terz Jose J.,
Estep Herschel,
Bright Robert,
Lawrence Walter,
Curutchet H. Paul,
Kay Saul
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197402)33:2<334::aid-cncr2820330206>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , primary cancer , primary tumor , urinary system , calcium , pathology , metastasis
Hypercalcemia was found in five patients with primary squamous cancer arising in the oropharynx with no clinical and radiologic evidence of distant metastases. In two patients the serum calcium levels returned to normal following removal of the primary tumor. In three patients the determination of the urinary 3′5′ cyclic adenosine monophosphate and the quantitative microradiographic study of bone biopsies strongly suggested the presence of abnormal levels of PTH.