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Hypercalcaemia in breast cancer patients: not always bony metastases

An 80-year-old woman with a history of bilateral breast cancer was referred for investigation of hypercalcaemia, initially suspected to be bone metastasis. Sestamibi scan revealed the cause to be a large parathyroid adenoma which was then removed. Hypercalcaemia is the most frequent metabolic compli...

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Main Authors: Summers, Sophie H A, Foo, Fung Joon, Varadarajan, Sadagopan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029300/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21686968
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.03.2009.1725
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