Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Informatics Publishing Limited
Source : Toxicology International
Url : https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-6580.172284
Keywords : Vitamin D toxicity, hypercalcemia, hypertension, zoledronic acid
Campus : Faridabad
School : School of Medicine
Department : Orthopaedics
Year : 2015
Abstract :
Inordinate administration of Vitamin D beyond required doses and duration occurs as a sporadic event among frequent empirical therapies of pharmacological Vitamin D. Such instances lead to Vitamin D intoxication. Systemic hypertension is an unsuspected after-effect of Vitamin D toxicity in a child unlike other toxicity effects such as hypercalcemia, neurological deterioration, etc., Here, we report a case of a 1-year-old child who developed acute hypertension and severe hypercalcemia due to Vitamin D toxicity which was masked by initial dehydration such as illness and brief review of literature about clinical entity.
Cite this Research Publication : Pritish Singh, Manju Nimesh, Urmila Jhamb, AP Dubey, An unsuspected pharmacological Vitamin D toxicity in a child and its brief review of literature, Toxicology International, Informatics Publishing Limited, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-6580.172284