Vitamin D intoxication and hypercalcaemia in an infant treated with pamidronate infusions.
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.
Ezgu
Fatih Suheyl
FS
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, 10th Floor, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey. fatihezgu@isbank.net.tr
Buyan
Necla
N
Gündüz
Mehmet
M
Tümer
Leyla
L
Okur
Ilyas
I
Hasanoglu
Alev
A
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*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004164:Diphosphonates; D014807:Vitamin D; D000077268:Pamidronate