Symptomatic hypercalcaemia in paediatric tuberculosis
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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). She had no past medical history and was fully immunised except for bacilli Calmette–Guérin.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011