Hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia in a patient with ovarian carcinoma
| Autor: | R. T. Jung, M. C. Browning, G. P. Leese |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Parathyroid hormone Adenocarcinoma urologic and male genital diseases Malignancy Gastroenterology Hypomagnesemia Ovarian carcinoma Internal medicine medicine Humans Magnesium Hypocalcaemia Hydronephrosis Ovarian Neoplasms Hypocalcemia business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Endocrinology Female Complication business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 69:583-585 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.69.813.583 |
| Popis: | Summary A patient with disseminated ovarian carcinoma presented with symptoms of hypocalcaemia secondary to hypomagnesaemia. The low serum magnesium (0.4 mmol/l) appeared to be due to renal leakage with no evidence of ureteric obstruction or hydronephrosis on intravenous urogram. Parathyroid hormone activity (serum levels and cAMP response) was normal, despite hypomagnesaemia. The patient's complaints resolved after magnesium and calcium supplementation. Hypomagnesaemia of malignancy is a rare but important complication, and is both poorly recognized and understood. |
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