open access: Casee Reports - Hypercalcemia in a child with juvenile granulosa cell tumor of ovary/review of the literature

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Highlights

► Hypercalcemia is an extremely rare paraneoplastic syndrome in children.
► Small cell carcinoma is the commonest ovarian tumor associated with hypercalcemia.
► Small cell carcinoma must be ruled out because of poor prognosis.
► We report the only third case of JGCT associated with paraneoplastic hypercalcemia.