Routine blood studies for a 73-year-old man show an elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level

Routine blood studies for a 73-year-old man show an elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level. The physician subsequently checks the patient’s prostate-specific antigen level, which is elevated. A fine-needle biopsy of the prostate is done, revealing adenocarcinoma. Which of the following might also be expected in this patient?

  • (A) Hepatitis
  • (B) Hypercalcemia
  • © Hyperuricemia
  • (D) Paraneoplastic syndrome
  • (E) Severe anaplasia

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