Open AccessA case report on over-replacement of oral calcium supplements causing acute pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Veronika Pronisceva,
Joseph Sebastian,
S. Joseph,
Elizabeth Sharp
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588414x13824511650056
Subject(s) - medicine , hypercalcaemia , pancreatitis , acute pancreatitis , vomiting , etiology , abdominal pain , calcium , resuscitation , intensive care medicine , surgery
A 42-year-old female teetotaller presented via the accident and emergency department with a 2-day history of vomiting and upper abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. The aetiology of the pancreatitis was identified as hypercalcaemia secondary to oral calcium supplementation. The hypercalcaemia was corrected by stopping calcium supplements and aggressive fluid resuscitation. A thorough literature search did not show any case reports in which the aetiology of pancreatitis was oral calcium supplement over-replacement.