title: "Excess gooD can be Dangerous". A case series of iatrogenic symptomatic hypercalcemia due to hypervitaminosis D.
abstract: Vitamin D is increasingly recognized to have several beneficial effects. Its toxicity, causing hypercalcemia, is considered as extremely rare. We report case series of 15 patients (most of them being elderly subjects) with iatrogenic symptomatic hypercalcemia in whom toxicity occurred due to empirical excessive administration of vitamin D by oral and parenteral route.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, ASCOMS & Hospitals, Jammu, J&K, India.
authors.forename: Kamal Kishore
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pandita
authors.forename: Sushil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Razdan
authors.forename: Rattan Parkash
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Kudyar
authors.forename: Aadil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beigh
authors.forename: Shafi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuchay
authors.forename: Tanveer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banday
keywords: elderly patients; hypercalcemia; hypervitaminosis D; iatrogenic; vitamin D toxicity