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Is My Mouse Pregnant? High-Frequency Ultrasound Assessment
Published on: March 18, 2021
[A 31-year-old pregnant woman with refractory hypercalcemia]
M W M Kühn1, R Blagieva, D Beha
1Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, Ulm, Germany. michael.kuehn@uniklinik-ulm.de
Abstract:
A 31-year-old pregnant woman presented with refractory severe hypercalcemia due to an advanced neuroendocrine tumor masquerading as hyperemesis gravidarum. Octreotide therapy and extensive tumor debulking surgery resulted in symptom control. After a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit due to parapneumonic acute respiratory distress syndrome, the patient delivered a healthy child. Neuroendocrine tumors are a rare complication of pregnancy and a seldom cause of refractory hypercalcemia.
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