Abstract
A 60-year-old Surinamese woman was admitted to the department of Hematology because of refractory hypercalcemia and weight loss. Three months earlier she presented with aphasia and ataxia due to hypercalcemia (4.32 mmol/L). She was treated with intravenous fluids, calcitonin and pamidronate, resulting in normocalcemia. Serum Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) was 1.93 pmol/L. At that time, a bone marrow and Peripheral Blood (PB) examination and Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) scan did not show any abnormalities. Physical examination revealed multiple papules and diffuse scaling (Figure 1A). Current PB analysis demonstrated anemia (10 g/dL), thrombocytopenia (103 x 109/L), leukocytosis (20.5x 109/L; 38% lymphocytes), hypercalcemia (3.58 mmol/L) and elevated LDH (652 U/L). FDG-PET/CT at this time point showed ascites and splenomegaly.
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