Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/karger/parathyroid-hormone-related-protein-and-granulocyte-colony-stimulating-rMst7OV61u
References
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
- Publisher
- Karger
- Copyright
- © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel
- ISSN
- 1661-7649
- eISSN
- 1661-7657
- DOI
- 10.1159/000189683
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Poorly differentiated carcinomas of the bladder may develop endocrine activity by producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and parathyroid hormone-related protein. This may lead to a substantially elevated white blood cell count and hypercalcemia with subsequent distinctive clinical features. We report a well-documented case of high grade aggressive bladder cancer with paraneoplastic elevation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and parathyroid hormone-related protein. Serum levels of calcium and white blood cell count were highly increased, whereas parathyroid hormone level was slightly decreased. The altered blood levels correlated well with a decrease of vigilance.
Journal
Current Urology – Karger
Published: Jan 1, 2009
Keywords: Bladder cancer; Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; Parathyroid-hormone-related protein