• Clinical lung cancer · Jul 2007

    Case Reports

    Malignancy-related hypercalcemia developing on a bisphosphonate but responding to calcitonin.

    • Charles J Diskin, Thomas J Stokes, Linda M Dansby, Lautrec Radcliff, and Thomas B Carter.
    • Auburn University, Opelika, AL 36801, USA. hndt512@bellsouth.net
    • Clin Lung Cancer. 2007 Jul 1; 8 (7): 434-5.

    AbstractBisphosphonates are considered a cornerstone for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy, whereas calcitonin has not been found to be as potent. We report a case of severe hypercalcemia of malignancy that developed while the patient was taking alendronate that responded to the use of calcitonin. A 73-year-old woman developed hypercalcemia of malignancy while taking weekly alendronate. The patients' serum calcium remained above 15 mg/dL despite hydration and loop diuretics for 48 hours in addition to the bisphosphonates, and resistance was suspected. Intravenous calcitonin produced a dramatic decrease within 12 hours and normal serum calcium within 24 hours of treatment. Calcitonin might be useful for hypercalcemia of malignancy resistant to bisphosphonates.

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