01 June 2022>: Articles
Unusual Case of Dehydration Leading to Severe Symptomatic Hypercalcemia
Unknown etiology
Ojbindra KC A* , Punya Hari Dahal E , Manisha Koirala E , Enas Al Zaghal EDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936204
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936204
Table 2. The laboratory workup to determine common causes of hypercalcemia.
Variables | Reference range | Observed values |
---|---|---|
Parathyroid hormone | 12–88 pg/mL | 5 pg/mL |
Parathyroid hormone related peptide | ||
Thyroid-stimulating hormone | 0.358–3.740 uIU/mL | 1.266 uIU/mL |
Cortisol | 4.0–22.0 ug/dL | 11.5 ug/dL |
25-hydroxy Vitamin D | 30–80 ng/mL | 23 ng/mL |
1,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D | 19.9–79.3 pg/mL | 11.2 pg/mL |
Kappa free light chain | 3.3–19.4 mg/L | 23.9 mg/L |
Lambda free light chain | 5.7–26.3 mg/L | 20.3 mg/L |
Kappa/Lambda ratio | 0.26–1.65 | 1.18 |
Albumin SPE | 2.76–4.61 g/dL | 3.31 g/dL |
Alpha 1-globulin SPE | 0.25–0.43 g/dL | 0.28 g/dL |
Alpha 2 SPE | 0.56–1.05 g/dL | 0.81 g/dL |
Beta 2 SPE | 0.71–1.16 g/dL | 0.60 g/dL |
Gamma SPE | 0.58–1.49 g/dL | 0.49 g/dL |
Serum paraprotein 1 | 0 g/dL | |
Serum paraprotein 2 | 0 g/dL | |
Serum paraprotein 3 | 0 g/dL | |
SPE – serum protein electrophoresis. |