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Case reports of hypercalcemia and chronic renal disease due to cosmetic injections of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)

J. bras. nefrol; 43 (2), 2021
Abstract Cosmetic injections of fillers are common plastic surgery procedures worldwide. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is a filler approved only for minimally invasive procedures in facial tissue and is among the most frequently used injectable substances for cosmetic purposes. Injection of a large volum...

Vitamin D Toxicity

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (2), 2020
Abstract Fortification of food products with vitamin D was central to the eradication of rickets in the early parts of the 20th century in the United States. In the subsequent almost 100 years since, accumulating evidence has linked vitamin D deficiency to a variety of outcomes, and this has paralleled g...

Hypercalcemia and acute renal insufficiency following use of a veterinary supplement

J. bras. nefrol; 39 (4), 2017
Abstract A previously healthy 24 yo male presented with a two-month history of epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and malaise. He reported abuse of different substances, including an injectable veterinary vitamin compound, which contains high doses of vitamin A, D and E, and an oily vehicle that ...

Crisis hipercalcémica causada por adenoma paratiroideo: reporte de un caso clínico
Hypercalcemic crisis due to parathyroid adenoma: report of a clinical case

Actual. osteol; 13 (3), 2017
La hipercalcemia es un trastorno común que representa aproximadamente el 0,6% de todas las admisiones médicas agudas. El hiperparatiroidismo primario (HPTP) y las neoplasias malignas son las dos causas más comunes de elevación de los niveles séricos de calcio; constituyen, en conjunto, alrededor del...

Hypercalcemia and renal function impairment associated with vitamin D toxicity: case report

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (4), 2016
Abstract Nowadays vitamin D (25-OHD) deficiency is supposed to be a global epidemic condition. Expectedly, vitamin D measurement and intake exponentially increased in Brazil in this decade. Although the benefit of vitamin D to general health is still in debate, its indiscriminate use potentially may lead...

Vitamin D intoxication: case report

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 12 (2), 2014
Hypervitaminosis D is a rarely reported condition. In general it is only perceived when hypercalcemia is not resolved. The use of vitamin D has increased in recent years because of its benefits, but as a result, intoxication cases have occurred more frequently. This report describes a patient who present...

Secreçäo de paratormônio intacto durante hipercalcemia induzida em indivíduos normais e em portadores de insuficiência renal crônica em tratamento dialítico
Intact parathyroid hormone secretion during induced hypercalcemia in normal person and in chronic kidney failure patients in hemodialysis

Com o objetivo de avaliar a funçao paratiroidiana de pacientes portadores de hiperparatiroidismo secundário a insuficiência renal crônica (IRC), estudamos a secreçao de PTH intacto basal e após 5,10,15 e 20 minutos de hipercalcemia induzida pela administraçao endovenosa de gluconato de cálcio 10 ...