milk-alkali syndrome
Milk-alkali
syndrome in a middle-aged woman after ingesting large doses of calcium carbonate: a case report. Pathogenesis physiological explanation for high amounts of calcium intake as a cause of hypercalcemia.
Milk-alkali syndrome is the combination of:
- hypercalcemia
- renal failure
- metabolic alkalosis
It is due to a large amount of calcium and alkali being ingested (e.g. milk and antacids for peptic ulcer disease treatment or calcium carbonate for osteoporosis). It is a cause of medullary nephrocalcinosis and urolithiasis.
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Burnett-Syndrom:
