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We present a case of the milk-alkali syndrome occurring in pregnancy, an association not described in the medical literature. Ingestion of calcium carbonate and calcium-containing food was precipitated by the hyperemesis of pregnancy. Complications--hypercalcemia, dehydration, renal insufficiency, and pancreatitis--resolved within days. Here, the milk-alkali syndrome was the cause of the hypercalcemia of pregnancy. This case illustrates a rare cause of and complications from the milk-alkali syndrome.
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PMID:The milk-alkali syndrome in pregnancy. Case report. 321 Oct 90

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.
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PMID:Case report: milk-alkali syndrome and pancreatitis. 807 35

Milk alkali syndrome is rare and although pancreatitis secondary to hypercalcaemia is well recognised, there has only been one other reported case of pancreatitis secondary to the milk alkali syndrome. Such a case, caused by self medication of over the counter medication, is reported.
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PMID:Milk alkali syndrome-an unusual syndrome causing an unusual complication. 1087 6