Bone Marrow Examinations as Final Clue to Diagnosis of Hypercalcemia: Report of Two Cases

Abstract

Two young men with severe hypercalcemia in association with renal failure (one acute and one chronic) are reported in whom usual diagnostic tests failed to reveal an etiology, and the jnal diagnoses were given by bone marrow examinations. Early bone marrow examinations in specific patients with hypercalcemia of undetermined orign sometimes are vital as shown by our two patients.