TY - JOUR
KW - Parasitology
KW - Virology
KW - Infectious Diseases
AU - Rao AR
AU - Aryal A
AU - Thakral M
AU - Painkra B
AU - Chakrawarty A
AU - Dey AB
AB - Leprosy is a rare, chronic granulomatous disease, and India accounts for two-thirds of the new cases reported worldwide. Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of granulomatous disease. Here, we report a case of an older adult patient with leprosy and type I lepra reaction presenting with severe hypercalcemia.
BT - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0114
N2 - Leprosy is a rare, chronic granulomatous disease, and India accounts for two-thirds of the new cases reported worldwide. Hypercalcemia is a rare complication of granulomatous disease. Here, we report a case of an older adult patient with leprosy and type I lepra reaction presenting with severe hypercalcemia.
PB - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2020
T2 - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Case Report: Hypercalcemia in an Older Patient with Type I Lepra Reaction
SN - 0002-9637, 1476-1645
ER -