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Suspected Hypercalcemia of Benignancy Associated with Canine Vaginal Leiomyoma
Shane Stiver1, Casey Laukkanen1, Richard Luong1
1From IDEXX Reference Laboratories, Inc., Napa, California (S.S., R.L.); and Kyle Animal Hospital, Kyle, Texas (C.L.).
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
|January 18, 2019
Abstract:
Hypercalcemia was identified in a canine patient with a benign vaginal leiomyoma. Subsequent diagnostic workup did not reveal hypercalcemia of malignancy. Surgical resection of the leiomyoma resulted in a conversion to normocalcemic status. Although rare, hypercalcemia of benignancy should be considered in a patient in which hypercalcemia is identified via clinical pathology.

