Open AccessHypercalcemia and Lytic Bone Lesions As a Rare Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Marjan Mouodi,
Soghra Rabizadeh,
Hasan Jalaeikhoo,
Manouchehr Nakhjavani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
case reports in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-2691
pISSN - 2538-2683
DOI - 10.18502/crcp.v5i2.3840
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , bone pain , lytic cycle , bone marrow , pathology , lymphoblastic leukemia , leukemia , radiology , immunology , virus
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a type of leukemia that generates from white blood cells in the bone marrow. ALL could present with different nonspecific symptoms. Hypercalcemia is a rare presentation in B-cell ALL. We reported a middle-aged man presented with hypercalcemia and osteolytic bone lesions without bone pain and a definitive diagnosis of B-cell ALL.