Life-Threatening Hypercalcemia During Prodrome of Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Infant

Severe hypercalcemia in infants is usually attributed to genetic etiologies and less commonly to acquired ones. An 8-week-old girl presented with failure to thrive, mild respiratory distress, and life-threatening hypercalcemia (23.5 mg/dL). Serum 1,25(OH) 2 -vitamin D (1,25(OH) 2 -D) level was eleva...

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Main Authors: Judith Sebestyen VanSickle MD, Tarak Srivastava MD, Uri S. Alon MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-04-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17705955