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ArticleCureus2024

Unraveling Neurological Shades: Vitamin D Toxication and Central Pontine Myelinolysis Exposed.

Abhinav Ahuja, Sachin Agrawal, Varun Daiya, Nitish Batra, Aaditi Agarwal

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Vitamin D and Brain Health.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Abhinav AhujaDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Sachin AgrawalDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Varun DaiyaDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Nitish BatraDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Aaditi AgarwalDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report is about a middle-aged female who presented with complaints of pain in the abdomen with intractable vomiting for three months, pain and weakness in bilateral lower limbs for two months, and irritability for three days. She was previously treated for lumbar disc bulge and severe narrowing of the spinal cord whose treatment also included vitamin D supplements. After taking high doses of a vitamin D supplement daily for approximately four months, it resulted in vitamin D toxicity. The sodium level of the patient was in the normal range throughout the treatment. Her magnetic resonance imaging brain revealed features of central pontine myelinolysis. The development of central pontine myelinolysis due to vitamin D toxicity, with normal sodium levels, makes this a rare case for discussion.

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central pontine myelinolysisdehydrationhypervitaminosishyponatremianeurological symptoms

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PMID38465127
PMCPMC10924149

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