Case Report
Severe Hypercalcemia and Acute Renal Failure: An Unusual Presentation of Sarcoidosis
Table 1
Laboratory values of patients 1 and 2.
| | Normal value | Patient no. 1 | Patient no. 2 |
| Calcium | 8–10.5 mg/dL | 13.5 mg/dL | 13.3 mg/dL | Ionized calcium | 1.10–1.30 mmol/L | 1.68 mmol/L | 1.66 mmol/L | Serum creatinine | 0.5–1.4 mg/dL | 3.4 mg/dL | 2.4 mg/dL | BUN | 6–23 mg/dL | 55 mg/dL | 32 mg/dL | 25 hydroxyvitamin D | 14–42 ng/mL | 22 ng/mL | 21 ng/mL | 1,25- Dihydroxyvitamin D | 22–67 ng/mL | 69 ng/L | Not done | Alkaline phosphatase | 1–120 U/L | 44 U/L | 48 U/L | Phosphorus | 2.5–4.5 mg/dL | 3.4 mg/dL | 3.1 mg/dL | Parathyroid hormone | 12–72 pg/mL | 9.1 pg/mL | 9.0 pg/mL | PTHrP | <0.2 pmol/L | <0.2 pmol/L | 0.4 pmol/L | ACE level | 8–52 U/L | 98 U/L | 71 U/L | 24° urinary calcium | 100–300 mg/24° | 1074 | 448 and 587* | TSH | 0.35–5.50 uIU/mL | 1.80 uIU/mL | 2.8 mIU/mL | CBC | HGB 12–15 g/dL | HGB 12.8 g/dL | HGB 9.9 g/dL | HCT 36–45% | HCT 34.6% | HCT 29.4% | WBC 4–12 × 103/mg/dL | WBC 5.6 × 103/m | WBC 4.1 × 103/m | Platelets 150–400 g/dL | Platelets 132 g/dL | Platelets 190 g/dL |
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*Measured on two different occasions.
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