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Vitamin D intoxication.
Vitamin D intoxication (VDI) may result from supplementation rarely, but it has been reported more frequently in recent years. This may be attributable to an increase in vitamin D supplement intake due to an understanding of the role of vitamin D (25OHD) in the pathogenesis of several diseases. The symptoms and findings associated with VDI are closely related to serum calcium concentration and ...
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Hypervitaminosis D is a rarely reported condition. In general it is only perceived when hypercalcemia is not resolved. The use of vitamin D has increased in recent years because of its benefits, but as a result, intoxication cases have occurred more frequently. This report describes a patient who presented worsening of renal function and hypercalcemia. After investigation, vitamin D intoxicatio...
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Porcine calcitonin was used to treat three patients with hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication. In two patients a rapid and sustained fall to normal in serum calcium occurred within three days, in the third patient normocalcaemia was achieved in seven days. In view of its rapid and sustained effect calcitonin may be of value in the urgent treatment of hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D into...
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We present the unique case of a previously healthy, 2-year-old boy with resistant hypercalcemia and hypertension resulting from an unintentional overdose with an imported vitamin D supplement. The patient presented initially to the emergency department with colic and constipation and was discharged after a benign physical examination. The symptoms persisted and, on the second visit, the patient...
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Iqbal and Taylor used glutethimide to treat a patient with vitamin D2 intoxication, reasoning that induction of hepatic microsomal enzymes by the drug would result in more rapid catabolism of vitamin D metabolites. The treatment corrected the hypercalcaemia, and the raised serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration fell with induction of the enzymes, as indicated by a rise in y-glutamyltrans...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197003000-00022