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Antacid-induced acute hypercalcemia: An increasingly common and potentially dangerous occurrence
Emanuela Cimpeanu1, Aytan Mammadova1, Jose Valdes Bracamontes1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Hypercalcemia is frequently encountered in both hospital wards and the primary care setting; 90% of cases can be attributed to primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy. However, a minority are caused by medications, of which calcium supplements have been an increasingly common etiology. We are presenting a case of hypercalcemia resulted after acute oral intake of a moderate amount of antacids (calcium tablets) and normalized after supplement withdrawal.
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