A rare case of intestinal tuberculosis associated hypercalcaemia

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a disease that can affect many organs in the human body and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Abdominal tuberculosis is uncommon, with a reported incidence of 2.5% among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in the United States. Hypercalcemia in tuberculosis is a rare complication with a prevalence that varies between 2.3 and 28%. Most hypercalcemic patients with tuberculosis remain asymptomatic. (88%) We report a patient with non-PTH-related hypercalcemia as the presenting complaint who was later diagnosed with intestinal tuberculosis.