Vitamin D-Mediated hypercalcemia as the initial manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis in an HIV-uninfected patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1793-1796

  Huang, Jiun Chi ^a   Kuo, Mei Chuan ^a,b   Hwang, Shang Jyh ^a,b   Hwang, Daw Yang ^a   Chen, Hung Chun ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Hypercalcemia; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; INFUSION FLUID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84863523825     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7453     Document Type: Article

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