Open AccessHumoral hypercalcemic crisis in a pregnant woman with uterine leiomyoma
Author(s) -
Ali Rahil,
Fahmi Yousef Khan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.93093
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , pregnancy , epigastric pain , uterine leiomyoma , uterine fibroids , parathyroid hormone related protein , obstetrics , leiomyoma , nausea , parathyroid hormone , hormone , abdominal pain , gestation , gynecology , calcium , surgery , genetics , biology
We report a case of parathyroid hormone-related protein-mediated hypercalcemic crisis in a 36-year-old pregnant woman, who was admitted to women hospital with recurrent vomiting and epigastric pain. She was diagnosed with uterine fibroid since the first month of her pregnancy, but the pregnancy had been uneventful. Serum calcium was 4.8 mmol/l, while parathyroid hormone was low. Hypercalcemia was attributed to humoral hypercalcemia associated with uterine fibroid as other causes of hypercalcemia were excluded.