HYPERCALCEMIA AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY SECONDARY TO EXCESSIVE MILK AND ALKALI INTAKE
Authors: E KESSLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 February 1955HYPERCALCEMIA AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY SECONDARY TO EXCESSIVE MILK AND ALKALI INTAKEEDWARD KESSLER, M.D.EDWARD KESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-2-324 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHypercalcemia associated with renal insufficiency has been reported in vitamin D intoxication,1, 2 hyperparathyroidism,3 acute osteoporosis,4 sarcoidosis,3, 5, 6 carcinomatosis with bone involvement3, 7 and multiple myeloma.3, 8 In 1949 the details of a new syndrome occurring in patients with symptoms of peptic ulcer ingesting large amounts of milk and absorbable alkali, and characterized by hypercalcemia (without hypercalciuria or hypophosphatemia), calcinosis and renal insufficiency, were described by Burnett, Commons, Albright and Howard.9 Additional reports have appeared subsequently in the literature.10-13, 27-30At a single hospital within a one-year period, out of a total of 291 patients with peptic ulcer, three...Bibliography1. 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Y.*Received for publication June 7, 1954.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRacial Differences in Association of Serum Calcium with Mortality and Incident Cardio- and Cerebrovascular EventsThe Milk-Alkali Syndrome: Current ConceptsERIC S. 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