scholarly journals Successful Treatment for Hypercalcemia due to Cosecretion of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Takunori Ogawa ◽  
Jun Miyata ◽  
Koichi Fukunaga ◽  
Akihiko Kawana ◽  
Takashi Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Serum Calcium ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Hypercalcemia Of Malignancy ◽  
Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein

Hypercalcemia of malignancy frequently manifests as paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with solid tumors. A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with stage IIIB lung squamous cell carcinoma. Laboratory examination revealed high serum calcium concentration with elevated serum parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 levels. As the patient did not respond to the initial treatment with calcitonin, extracellular fluid infusion, and chemotherapy, systemic prednisolone was administered additionally. Thus, the levels of serum calcium normalized and PTHrP and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 decreased simultaneously. To our knowledge, this is the first case report on the successful treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy caused by PTHrP and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 cosecretion in a patient with lung cancer.

Unusual behaviour of an unusual tumour: calcitriol-induced hypercalcaemia in metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e235209
Author(s):  
Filip Ionescu ◽  
Ioana Petrescu ◽  
Maria Marin
Keyword(s):  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Serum Calcium ◽  
Neuroendocrine Carcinoma ◽  
Solid Tumours ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein ◽  
Solid Malignancies ◽  
Osteolytic Metastases

Hypercalcaemia in malignancy is most commonly caused by paraneoplastic secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein or osteolytic metastases. Very rarely (<1% of cases), the mechanism behind increased serum calcium is increased production of calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) and even rarer is the occurrence of this phenomenon in solid malignancies, with few such instances reported in the literature. We present a case of a neuroendocrine malignancy originating in the oesophagus associated with calcitriol-induced hypercalcaemia, a phenomenon that has not been previously described. We review the pathophysiology of calcitriol-induced hypercalcaemia and previously reported cases of solid tumours with this presentation.

scholarly journals Hypercalcemia due to sun exposure in a patient with multiple myeloma and elevated parathyroid hormone-related protein

2003 ◽  
pp. 351-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
PD Papapetrou ◽  
M Bergi-Stamatelou ◽  
H Karga ◽  
S Thanou
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Sun Exposure ◽  
High Serum ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein ◽  
25 Hydroxyvitamin D

A patient with multiple myeloma who developed hypercalcemia during three different stages of his disease, with a different hypercalcemic agent elevated in his serum on each occasion, is described. The initial episode of hypercalcemia was associated with high serum interleukin-6 (IL-6). After treatment for myeloma normocalcemia was achieved. Subsequently, a relapse of hypercalcemia occurred, this time characterized by frankly elevated plasma parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) but normal IL-6. Monotherapy with pamidronate infusions resulted in remission of the hypercalcemia and a significant fall in PTHrP levels. A third spell of hypercalcemia characterized by an acute rise in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D to abnormally high levels occurred during the summer season after prolonged and intense exposure to the sun.

Hypercalcaemia in a dog with lymphoma without increases in parathyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone-related protein and vitamin D metabolites concentrations

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e001007
Author(s):  
Alex Mullany ◽  
Abigail Waddington ◽  
Richard J Mellanby
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Reference Ranges ◽  
Vitamin D Metabolites ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Dihydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone Related Protein ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
Ectopic Production

Lymphoma is one of the most common causes of hypercalcaemia in dogs. Typically, the hypercalcaemic state is driven by ectopic production of parathyroid hormone-related protein by the malignant lymphoma cells. In this case report, the authors describe the diagnosis of lymphoma in a dog with hypercalcaemia which had a plasma parathyroid hormone-related protein concentration within the reference range. Furthermore, circulating concentrations of the two other main hormones which are known to increase serum calcium concentrations, namely parathyroid hormone and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D, were also below the upper limits of their respective reference ranges. This case report highlights that hypercalcaemia is not invariably mediated by increases in circulating concentrations of parathyroid hormone-related protein. In addition, it emphasises the need to further investigate the pathophysiology of malignancy-related hypercalcaemia in dogs.

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