Hypercalcemia. how to pinpoint the cause and customize treatment
Kaye, T.B.
Postgraduate Medicine 97(1): 153-155; 159-160
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 7816712 Document Number: 452250
Hypercalcemia is a commonly diagnosed metabolic disorder that is most often caused by primary hyperparathyroidism or malignant disease. Parathyroid hormone assays are useful and reliable in differential diagnosis. Treatment depends on the degree of hypercalcemia, symptoms, and the underlying cause. Pharmacologic therapy, especially with bisphosphonates, may effectively lower serum calcium levels, but the underlying cause of the hypercalcemia must be treated to definitively restored normocalcemia.