Anticipated Laboratory Results for Different Causes of Hypercalcemia

Anticipated Laboratory Results for Different Causes of Hypercalcemia

Ionized Calcium

Total Calcium

PTH

PTHrP

Phosphorus

Calcidiol

Calcitriol

Granulomatous

↑

↑

↓N

↑N

↑N

N

↑N

Osteolytic

↑

↑

↓

↑N

↑N

N

N

PHPT

↑

↑

↑N

N

↓N

N

↑N

Vitamin D toxicosis

↑

↑

↓

N

↑

N

↑

Addison

↑

↑

↓N

N

↑N

N

↓N

Acute renal disease

↑

↑

↓N

N

↑N

N

↓N

Chronic renal disease

↓N

↑↓N

↑

N

↑N

↓N

↓N

Nutritional

↓N

↓N

↑

N

↑N

↓N

↓N

Tertiary HPT

↑

↑

↑

N

↑

↓N

↓N

Neoplasia

↑

↑

↓N

↑N

↓N

N

↑↓N

Idiopathic

↑

↑

↓N

N

↑N

↓N

↑↓N