Denosumab-associated hypocalcemia in a patient with chronic kidney disease and Paget's disease

Tiffany A. Eatz; Lila Chertman; Silvina Levis; Violet Lagari

Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports (Jun 2022)

Denosumab-associated hypocalcemia in a patient with chronic kidney disease and Paget's disease

Tiffany A. Eatz,
Lila Chertman,
Silvina Levis,
Violet Lagari

Affiliations

Tiffany A. Eatz: University of Miami School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 809, Miami, FL, 33136, USA; Miami VA Healthcare System, Endocrinology Section, 1201 NW 16th St, Miami, FL, 33125, USA
Lila Chertman: 1111 Kane Concourse Suite 511 Bay Harbor, Islands, FL, 33154, USA
Silvina Levis: University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Medicine 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 809, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
Violet Lagari: University of Miami School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 809, Miami, FL, 33136, USA; Miami VA Healthcare System, Endocrinology Section, 1201 NW 16th St, Miami, FL, 33125, USA; Corresponding author. Dominion Towers 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 809 Miami, FL, 33136, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24
p. 100115

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Objective: To report diagnostic and management challenges of the case of a 91-year-old male patient with Paget's disease (PD) and secondary hyperparathyroidism due to renal disease treated with Denosumab (D-mab), which ultimately resulted in life-threatening hypocalcemia.

Published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-6245 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-clinical-and-translational-endocrinology-case-reports/

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