Chronic beryllium disease

Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is a granulomatous, interstitial lung disease that occurs in individuals who develop beryllium sensitization (BeS), a cell-mediated immune response to environmental and occupational beryllium exposure. BeS precedes the lung disease that may present with chronic dry cough, fatigue, weight loss, chest pain, and increasing dyspnea.

Hypercalcemia

An abnormally increased calcium concentration in the blood.


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PMID (PMCID)
21760475
 MALE Adult
Hypercalcemia in two patients with sarcoidosis and Mycobacterium avium intracellulare not mediated by elevated vitamin D metabolites.
Shrayyef MZ, DePapp Z, Cave WT, Wittlin SD.
Am J Med Sci. 2011;342(4):336-40.
Hypercalcemia was described in various granulomatous diseases including sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, berylliosis, leprosy and, rarely, in fungal infections.
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Hypercalcemia in a patient with disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report.
Almeida RM, Cezana L, Tsukumo DM, de Carvalho-Filho MA, Saad MJ.
J Med Case Rep. 2008;2:262.
Hypercalcemia is well described in various granulomatous disorders, such as sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, berylliosis, leprosy and fungal infections.