mechanism of hypercalcemia with succinylcholine

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Tajima

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FirstAid mentions hypercalcemia as a toxicity of sux, but i cannot find or figure out a mechanism for that. Does anyone here know the amswer?

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Probably the initial contractions overfill the muscle cells with Ca and some leaks to serum
 
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