Hypercalcemia: A rare cause of cerebral infarction

• Authors: Shahzad Riyaz , James Tymms
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Hypercalcemia is a definite but rare cause of acute pancreatitis. It is often overlooked in the presence of more common etiological factors such as gallstones, alcohol and trauma. Cerebral infarction secondary to hypercalcemia has also been described. We have done a literature review to explore the possible pathological processes causing cerebral infarction in hypercalcemic patients.

Keywords

EN

Hypercalcemia; Pancreatitis; Stroke

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 514-516

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2008

online

22 - 10 - 2008

Contributors

author

Shahzad Riyaz

• Department of Medicine, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire, WN1 2NN, United Kingdom

author

James Tymms

• Department of Medicine, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire, WN1 2NN, United Kingdom

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-008-0046-6