title: An Unsuspected Pharmacological Vitamin D Toxicity in a Child and its Brief Review of Literature.
abstract: Inordinate administration of Vitamin D beyond required doses and duration occurs as a sporadic event among frequent empirical therapies of pharmacological Vitamin D. Such instances lead to Vitamin D intoxication. Systemic hypertension is an unsuspected after-effect of Vitamin D toxicity in a child unlike other toxicity effects such as hypercalcemia, neurological deterioration, etc., Here, we report a case of a 1-year-old child who developed acute hypertension and severe hypercalcemia due to Vitamin D toxicity which was masked by initial dehydration such as illness and brief review of literature about clinical entity.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Manju
authors: M
authors: Nimesh
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Pritish
authors: P
authors: Singh
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Urmila
authors: U
authors: Jhamb
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Dubey
keywords: Vitamin D toxicity; hypercalcemia; hypertension; zoledronic acid