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Bronchoscopy with biopsy yielded no malignant cells, and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens grew <jats:italic>Mycobacterium kansasii<\/jats:italic>. The patient was treated with bisphosphonates, calcitonin and antibiotics for non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary infection, with improvement in serum calcium levels, and was discharged after 5 weeks of hospitalisation.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>The work-up for hypercalcaemia begins with PTH measurement, and low PTH levels are consistent with malignancy, immobilisation and granulomatous diseases. Hypercalcaemia in the lattermost is classically caused by overproduction of calcitriol by activated macrophages. 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