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Primary disseminated form of Ewing sarcoma in association with hypercalcemia and acute renal failure
L A Lozance1, K G Zafirovska, S V Bogdanovska
1Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Cyril and Methodius, University of Skopje, R. Macedonia.
Abstract:
We present a case of an extremely rare form of Ewing sarcoma--primary disseminated, with fulminating course, severe hypercalcemia, extensive calcium deposition in parenchymatous organs, including kidneys, and acute renal failure as a clinical consequence. Correction of hypercalcemia was followed by prompt restoration of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), suggesting that hypercalcemia had a direct effect on its regulation independent of the renal tubular damage. The effectiveness of the treatment with indomethacin indirectly supports the possibility of prostaglandin-mediated humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy.