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Hypercalcemia and disseminated cytomegalovirus infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Ann Intern Med. 1985 Mar;102(3):331-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85120374
Zaloga GP; Chernow B; Eil C

Abstract: Two patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and disseminated cytomegalovirus infection developed hypercalcemia associated with suppressed parathyroid gland activity. Neither patient had evidence of a malignant, endocrinologic, granulomatous, or drug-related cause for hypercalcemia. Increased osteoblastic bone resorption induced by cytomegalovirus infection may have been the cause for the hypercalcemia. Physicians should be alert for the occurrence of endocrinologic and metabolic problems in immunosuppressed patients.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/BLOOD/*COMPLICATIONS Adrenal Gland Diseases/ETIOLOGY Adult Calcitonin/THERAPEUTIC USE Calcitriol/BLOOD Case Report Cytomegalovirus Infections/BLOOD/*ETIOLOGY Human Hypercalcemia/DRUG THERAPY/*ETIOLOGY Male Parathyroid Hormones/BLOOD JOURNAL ARTICLE

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