Leprosy, Hypercalcemia, and Elevated Serum Calcitriol Levels
Authors: VlCKl N. HOFFMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1986)

Brief Reports1 December 1986Leprosy, Hypercalcemia, and Elevated Serum Calcitriol LevelsVlCKl N. HOFFMAN, M.D., OKSANA M. KORZENIOWSKI, M.D.VlCKl N. HOFFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, OKSANA M. KORZENIOWSKI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-105-6-890 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIncreased calcitriol levels have been reported in patients who have hypercalcemia with sarcoid and other granulomatous diseases, which suggests that calcidiol 1-alpha-hydroxylase is produced extrarenally (1, 2). Granulomatous tissue from patients with sarcoid diseases has been shown subsequently to secrete an active calcitriol-like metabolite in vitro (3, 4). Hypercalcemia recently was documented in a patient with leprosy and suppressed calcitriol levels (5). 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