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Hypercalcemic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) frequently develop hepatic encephalopathy. Metabolic etiology of encephalopathy is less often considered in these patients. Although paraneoplastic hypercalcemia may be associated with several malignant tumors, it has also been described in HCC [1–4], and may cause neurologic disturbances. We present a case of hypercalcemic encephalopathy in a patient with hepatic cirrhosis and underlying HCC in whom first diagnostic was hepatic encephalopathy.

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  1. Unitat de Curta Estada, Emergency Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

    Pere Tudela & Josep Maria Mòdol

  2. Endocrinology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

    Berta Soldevila

  3. Eugeni Domènech, Gastroenterology Department, 5a planta, edifici general, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet, s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain

    Eugeni Domènech

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Tudela, P., Soldevila, B., Mòdol, J.M. et al. Hypercalcemic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Dig Dis Sci 52, 3296–3297 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9159-4

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