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Abstract
The report describes a patient with cholestatic jaundice who had incidentally detected parathyroid hormone-independent hypercalcaemia. The differential diagnosis for this presentation includes systemic granulomatous and infiltrative disorders, drug-induced liver injury and malignancy. As the initial investigations were non-contributory towards the aetiology, she was given steroids and later plasma exchange for symptomatic treatment. The differentials were revised again in view of no clinical and biochemical response. A repeat fine-needle aspiration cytology of the thyroid nodule (seen on positron emission tomography/CT) revealed papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy. There was a complete normalisation of liver function tests and serum calcium, and resolution of pruritus 3 months post surgery. She was retrospectively diagnosed as a case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with paraneoplastic manifestations—hypercalcaemia and cholestatic jaundice—which got resolved with treatment of the primary tumour.
- gastrointestinal system
- malignant disease and immunosuppression
- thyroid disease
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Contributors SS: Resident, involved in the management of the case and drafting of the manuscript. AS: Faculty, involved in the management of the case and critical revision of the manuscript. PD: Interpretation of biopsies and revision of the manuscript. DG: Overview of management of the case, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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