Hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia in tuberculosis.

Hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia in tuberculosis.

In two patients with extensive pulmonary tuberculosis who developed hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia the hypercalcaemia appeared related to the use of small doses of vitamin D, which suggested patients with tuberculosis were hypersensitive to vitamin D. They were thus similar to patients with sarcoidosis, and it is interesting that the Kveim test result was positive in both cases. The hypercalca...

Electrocardiographic abnormalities in combined hypercalcaemia and hypokalaemia--case report.

A 47-year-old woman presented with extreme hypercalcaemia due to a parathyroid carcinoma. An electrocardiogram which was recorded when the hypercalcaemia was associated with hypokalaemia showed absence of the ST segment, prolonged T wave, a shortened QTac interval and prominent U waves.

Symptomatic hypercalcaemia in paediatric tuberculosis

A 13-yr-old Congolese female presented in early spring with a 6-month history of productive cough, progressive exertional dyspnoea and weight loss of 4.5 kg. 2 weeks prior to presentation she had developed high fevers and increasing lethargy. She had immigrated to the UK at the age of 2 yrs. She had not been overseas since and there was no history of contact with anyone with tuberculosis (TB). ...

Hypercalcaemia associated with tuberculosis.

Inadvertent haemodialysis in a pulmonary tuberculosis patient with hypercalcaemia.

Dear Editor, Malaysia is a country with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis (TB) with a prevalence of 121 cases per 100,000 population per year.1 TB usually presents with fever, chronic cough, weight loss and lack of appetite, dypsnoea and night sweats. Hypercalcaemia is a well known but rare complication of TB. The prevalence of hypercalcaemia in patients with untreated TB varies widely bet...