Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: 'Surgical cure' for non-parathyroid hypercalcemia | World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Case report Surgical cure for non-parathyroid hypercalcemia Sandeep P Joglekar 1 Robert L Hudson1 Rajesh Logasundaram2 and Jerome H Pereira1 Address 1James Paget University Hospital NHS Trust Great Yarmouth UK and 2Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust Norwich UK Email Sandeep P Joglekar - Robert L Hudson - liamhudson@ Rajesh Logasundaram - Jerome H Pereira - Corresponding author Published 2 March 2009 Received 26 September 2007 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 23 doi 1477-7819-7-23 Accepted 2 March 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 23 2009 Joglekar et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology. Over 90 patients of sarcoidosis present with pulmonary findings. Other organs such as lymph nodes skin and joints may be involved. Isolated granulomatous disease confined to the spleen is rare. Case presentation This report documents a rare case of isolated granulomatous disease of spleen presenting as hypercalcemia. After all possible causes for hypercalcemia were ruled out splenectomy was done which proved diagnostic and therapeutic as calcium levels returned to normal. Conclusion We propose that sarcoidosis should be kept in mind as a cause of unexplained hypercalcemia. Increased awareness of radiological features of splenic involvement in sarcoidosis would help in diagnosis. We believe that we are reporting 9th case in the literature while writing this report. Background Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic multisystem .
