Steroid Therapy of Hypercalcemia and Renal Insufficiency in Sarcoidosis

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Abstract
THE damaging effect on the kidney of uncontrolled hypercalcemia leading to nephrocalcinosis and renal insufficiency seems well established.1 2 3 One of the diseases with which hypercalcemia is at times associated is Boeck's sarcoid. Several articles in the past two years indicate that steroid therapy can correct this disturbance of mineral metabolism when it occurs in sarcoidosis.4 5 6 7 We wish to describe our experiences in the successful treatment of hypercalcemia in 2 patients with sarcoidosis and to point out subsequent improvement in renal function. The apparent uniform success of steroid therapy for hypercalcemia of this type deserves emphasis since its continuation unrecognized or . . .