Abstract

Hypercalcemia is rarely seen in childhood malignancies and the incidence has been reported to range from 0.4 to 1.3%.1 The most common malignancies associated with hypercalcemia include AML and lymphoma, and solid tumors such as rhabdomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma. Among the hematological malignancies, hypercalcemia is an extremely rare complication of ALL.2 We report on an 18-year-old male BMT recipient who presented with profound hypercalcemia and bone pain that preceded relapse of monosomy 7-positive AML by 3 weeks.

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