Department of Internal Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Endocrinology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211051206. doi: 10.1177/23247096211051206.
Hypercalcemia is one of the most commonly encountered laboratory abnormalities in clinical medicine. Various causes have been well established. However, it is likely that the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), may be a newly found cause of this frequent finding, especially amongst those with a history of cosmetic surgery, specifically by means of silicone injection. In this case series, we describe 2 patients presenting with symptomatic hypercalcemia likely from their prior silicone injections. Interestingly, each patient only developed symptoms of hypercalcemia following infection with SARS-CoV-2.
高钙血症是临床医学中最常见的实验室异常之一。其各种病因已得到充分证实。然而,新型冠状病毒(严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2,SARS-CoV-2)很可能是这种常见表现的新发现病因,尤其是在有整容手术史的患者中,特别是通过硅酮注射的方式。在本病例系列中,我们描述了 2 例因先前硅酮注射而出现症状性高钙血症的患者。有趣的是,每位患者仅在感染 SARS-CoV-2 后才出现高钙血症症状。