ea0049ep249 | Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2017
Ugur Kader
, Artas Hakan
, Balin Mehmet
, Aykut Esra
, Demircan Selcuk
, Orhan Bedrettin
, Gozel Nevzat
Introduction: Vitamin D is a fat soluble prohormone and can be produced in the body with adequate sunlight exposure or taken up by consumed foods or supplements. Recently vitamin D deficiency has been seen in pandemic. A rare disease, vitamin D intoxication is usually iatrogenic. High levels of 25(OH) vitamin D increases the intestinal calcium absorption and causes severe and refractory hypercalcemia. In this case report we presented a patient with pancreatitis and hypercalcem...