Case report: milk-alkali syndrome and pancreatitis
Brandwein, S.L.; Sigman, K.M.
American Journal of the Medical Sciences 308(3): 173-176
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9629 PMID: 8074135 Document Number: 433765
The relation between hypercalcemia and pancreatitis, first described in patients with hyperparathyroidism, is controversial. Other causes of hypercalcemia also have been associated with pancreatitis. In this report, the authors describe a patient with pancreatitis and the milk-alkali syndrome who had the classic triad of hypercalcemia, alkalosis, and renal insufficiency. The authors also review the literature for all the reported cases of pancreatitis associated with hypercalcemia.