RECENT REPORTS have indicated that idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia, a disease related to deranged vitamin D metabolism, -4 may be a feature of the nonfamilial, congenital supravalvar aortic stenosis syndrome.5 8 Other manifestations of this syndrome include mental retardation, a peculiar "elfin" facies, narrowing of peripheral pulmonary and systemic arteries, strabismus, inguinal herniae, an...

BACKGROUND Prophylactic Vitamin D supplementation is a common practice in Alpaca breeding in many regions around the world. An overdosage can lead to dystrophic mineralization of soft tissues. In this paper we illustrate a suspected case of hypervitaminosis D in an 8-year-old female Alpaca. CASE PRESENTATION In June 2015, the carcass of an 8-year-old female Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) was submitte...

This paper presents a case of osseous metaplasia of the endometrium, a rarely encountered disease. Metaplasia is described as a change of one epithelium into another epithelium due to some triggering factor. In this case, endometrium is converted into osseous spicules. It might be followed by an abortion presenting with Infertility or chronic endometritis or metabolic disorder like hypervitamin...

Calcinosis cutis is an uncommon disease of unclear pathophysiology that is often disabling. It is characterized by the formation of calcium deposits in the skin or subcutaneous tissue. It is classified into four subtypes: dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic or iatrogenic. It may be seen in a variety of systemic diseases such as hyperparathyroidism and hypervitaminosis D, but is most commonly fou...