title: Vitamin D intoxication and hypercalcaemia in an infant treated with pamidronate infusions.
abstract: Bisphosphonates are used for the treatment of childhood hypercalcaemia, especially that due to malignancies. Here we report the use of intravenous pamidronate for the treatment of hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication in a 3-month-old infant. Serum calcium levels were normalised without complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  pamidronate may be used in hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication in paediatric cases resistant to hydration, diuretics or corticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, 10th Floor, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey. fatihezgu@isbank.net.tr
authors.forename: Fatih Suheyl
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ezgu
authors.forename: Necla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buyan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gündüz
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tümer
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Alev
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasanoglu
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D000077268:Pamidronate; D012279:Rickets / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004164:Diphosphonates; D014807:Vitamin D; D000077268:Pamidronate