Toxicology International (Formerly Indian Journal of Toxicology)

Manju Nimesh ¹, Pritish Singh ², Urmila Jhamb ¹, A. P. Dubey ¹

Affiliations
1 Departments of Paediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IN
2 Orthopaedics, Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IN

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.

Keywords

Vitamin D Toxicity, Hypercalcemia, Hypertension, Zoledronic Acid.

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