As Hypercalcemic Pancreatitis S. Gaur, MD Resident Internal Medicine School Of Medicine Wright State University Dayton, OH USA Citation Gaur, S. Sarcoidosis Presenting As Hypercalcemic Pancreatitis. Pancreatic involvement is unusual with only a few case reports in the literature.
Granulomatous infiltration is the usual cause.
This case report describes an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis as hypercalcemic pancreatitis. Introduction Hypercalcemia is a well-established cause of acute pancreatitis. In most of the reported cases, hypercalcemia is secondary to either hyperparathyroidism or malignancy. This is the first case report clearly describing hypercalcemia induced pancreatitis as the initial presentation of sarcoidosis. Her medications included metformin, enalapril and salbutamol inhaler.