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The aggressive surgical management of hypercalcemia due to ectopic parathormone production
Author(s) -
Goldberg R. S.,
Pilcher D. B.,
Yates J. W.
Publication year - 1980
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(19800515)45:10<2652::aid-cncr2820451027>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , debulking , refractory (planetary science) , surgery , renal cell carcinoma , endocrine system , disease , hormone , cancer , physics , ovarian cancer , astrobiology
A patient with slowly progressive metastatic renal cell carcinoma had life‐threatening hypercalcemia secondary to ectopic parathormone production. Aggressive surgical debulking resulted in prolonged control of the hypercalcemia. This case illustrates the value of this surgery in the control of paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes refractory to medical management in patients with slow‐growing metastatic disease.