Acute Pancreatitis with Hypercalcemia as Initial Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma.

Acute Pancreatitis with Hypercalcemia as Initial Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma.
Korean J Gastroenterol. 2020 Apr 25;75(4):220-224
Authors: Jo IH, Paik CN
Abstract
A case of acute pancreatitis associated with hypercalcemia resulting from a newly diagnosed multiple myeloma is reported. There have been several prior reports of hypercalcemia-induced pancreatitis in patients with multiple myeloma, but very few showed the following two aspects: pancreatitis as the first manifestation of hematologic malignancy and recovery after serum calcium levels fell into normal range. When clinicians encounter a patient with hypercalcemic status and acute pancreatitis without any known etiology of pancreatitis, multiple myeloma as a root cause of pancreatitis should be considered.
PMID: 32326690 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - April 24, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jo IH, Paik CN Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: research