53 research outputs found
Severe Hypercalcemia and Acute Renal Failure: An Unusual Presentation of Sarcoidosis
Although hypercalcemia is a known metabolic complication of sarcoidosis, it is rarely a presenting manifestation. Long-standing hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria can cause nephrocalcinosis and chronic renal failure. Acute renal failure, although described, is also a rare presentation of patients with sarcoidosis. We describe two patients with sarcoidosis, who presented with severe hypercalcemia and worsening renal function. Parathyroid hormone levels were appropriately suppressed. This led to an extensive search for the cause of hypercalcemia. Finally, after a lymph node biopsy in both cases, a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was established, hypercalcemia resolved, and renal function improved in both cases after administration of prednisone
The Case against Copyright: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Intellectual Property Regimes
SNOPA and the PPA: Do You Know What it Means for You? If SNOPA (Social Networking Online Protection Act) or PPA (Password Protection Act) Do Not Pass, the Snooping Could Cause You Trouble
Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Has the European Union's Human Rights Preservation Initiative(s) Failed the Roma Population? A Look Back on the Last Fifteen Years of Directives, Declarations, and Human Rights Treaties
High Pain, No Gain: How Juvenile Administrative Fees Harm Low-Income Families in Alameda County, California
The Law and Economics of Cedar-Apple Rust: State Action and Just Compensation in Miller v. Schoene
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