[A case of renal cancer complicated with acute hypercalcemia and acute pancreatitis].

A 55-year-old man who had liver metastasis after undergoing surgery for renal cancer was hospitalized immediately on May 4, 1987 with complaints of general malaise, epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. Because of abnormally high levels of blood calcium 15.6 mg/dl and serum amylase 2,069 IU/l, the case was diagnosed as hypercalcemic crisis and acute pancreatitis. Following recovery from the critical stage with administration of elcatonin and FOY, therapy for cancer initiated. We report the clinical course of this patient and discuss about hypercalcemia and acute pancreatitis as cases of oncologic emergency.