Tumor lysis syndrome

• Diagnosis:
  Hyper-phosphatemia \ hyper-kalemia \ hyper-uricemia
  Hypo-calcemia
• Treatment:
  Allopurinol (decrease possibility of acute urate nephropathy)
• Complications:
  Fatal arrhythymias
  Acute renal failure
  Sudden death
• See Also:
  Hyperkalemia
• Associated With:
  Poorly differentiated tumors (eg. Burkitt's lymphoma)
  Leukemias (especially ALL, less often AML)