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Severe immobilization hypercalcemia, renal insufficiency, and calcification.
Pediatrics
|January 1, 1979
Summary
Immobilization hypercalcemia in a boy with fractures improved with medical treatment but resolved only after mobilization. This approach is recommended when patients cannot be mobilized.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Endocrinology
- Metabolic Bone Disease
Background:
- Severe hypercalcemia, decreased renal function, hypertension, and renal calcifications occurred in a 14-year-old boy due to prolonged immobilization for fractures.
- Parathyroid hormone levels were undetectable, and urinary calcium excretion was high, indicating a complex metabolic disturbance.