pseudohyperparathyroidism

pseu·do·hy·per·par·a·thy·roid·ism

(sū'dō-hī'pĕr-par'ă-thī'roy-dizm), Hypercalcemia in a patient with a malignant neoplasm in the absence of skeletal metastases or primary hyperparathyroidism; believed to be due to formation of parathyroidlike hormone by nonparathyroid tumor tissue.

pseu·do·hy·per·par·a·thy·roid·ism

(sū'dō-hī'pĕr-par-ă-thī'roy-dizm) Hypercalcemia in a patient with a malignant neoplasm in the absence of skeletal metastases or primary hyperparathyroidism; believed to be due to formation of parathyroidlike hormone by nonparathyroid tumor tissue.