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ArticleClinical case reports2024

Disseminated tuberculosis presented with explicit hypercalcemia: A clinical case report.

Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Nahid Shafiee, Seyed Mohammad Piri, Erfan Naghavi, Maryam Moradi

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seyed Ali Dehghan ManshadiDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine/ Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA) Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Nahid ShafieeDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Seyed Mohammad PiriCancer Research Institute Department of Pathology Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Erfan NaghaviSchool of Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Maryam MoradiEye Research Center, The Five Senses Health Institute, Rassoul Akram Hospital Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3675-0500
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but known reason for hypercalcemia usually in those with underlying conditions such as renal failure, diabetes, or severe anemia. It is essential to consider TB in those with refractory or resistant hypercalcemia. Abstract: Hypercalcemia or a calcium level above 10.5 mg/dL can be a manifestation of TB that only became symptomatic in a small percentage of the patients. Patients with underlying diseases such as renal failure are more prone to poor prognosis. It is essential to use anti-TB drugs besides hypercalcemia standard treatment to maintain a normal calcium level in TB-related hypercalcemia. In thisstudy, we have presented a young adult with disseminated TB and persistent hypercalcemia who responded finally to anti-TB drugs.

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hypercalcemiaTB‐related hypercalcemiatuberculosis (TB)

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PMID38344346
PMCPMC10857910
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