title: Acute colchicine poisoning presenting as symptomatic hypocalcaemia.
abstract: Symptomatic hypocalcaemia was the dominant feature of acute colchicine poisoning in a young female with periodic polyserositis. Experimental data suggest that colchicine-induced hypocalcaemia is secondary to colchicine inhibition of bone resorption.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000505:Alopecia / Q000139:chemically induced; D003078:Colchicine / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012700:Serositis / Q000188:drug therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine