Complete heart block associated with paraneoplastic hypercalcemia: a case report.

Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)

Hypercalcemia sometimes occurs as a paraneoplastic syndrome following the production of PTH-related peptide by malignant cells, including squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Complete heart block associated with paraneoplastic syndrome has been reported so far in only one study.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
heart failure
induced apoptosis
case report
cell cycle arrest
cell death
radiation therapy
lymph node metastasis
oxidative stress
cell proliferation
rectal cancer