title: [Fatal vitamin D intoxication].
abstract: A 43-year-old man with alopecia maligna was treated for 4 weeks with a total of 130 mg vitamin D3. Two weeks later, after intensive exposure to the sun, he developed a hypercalcaemic crisis and died 5 weeks later of acute cardiac failure.  The hypercalcaemia proved treatment-resistant despite good diuresis.  Causes other than vitamin D intoxication were excluded clinically and on histopathological investigations.  It is suggested that vitamin D should be administered only on the strictest indications and with regular control of the patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders; D013472:Sunlight; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D
vernacular_title: Vitamin-D-Intoxikation mit tödlichem Ausgang