Chan C H, Chan T Y, Shek A C, Mak T W, Lui S F, Lai K N
Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT.
J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Jun;97(3):180-2.
Hypercalcaemia is uncommon among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong, possibly because of the low dietary calcium intake in this population. We report here a case of severe hypercalcaemia in a patient with miliary tuberculosis and impaired renal function. We suggest that tuberculosis should be excluded in any febrile patient with hypercalcaemia, particularly in countries where it is still a common condition and an important cause of hypercalcaemia.
