Can atorvastatin calcium cause asymptomatic hypercalcemia?

نویسندگان

  • Süleyman Hilmi Ipekçi
  • Süleyman Baldane
  • Mehmet Sözen
  • Levent Kebapçılar
چکیده

The use of statins may have unnatural effects. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with an incidental finding of hypercalcemia (10.8 mg/dL). There was no disease other than hyperlipidemia, and the patient had been on a course of atorvastatin calcium 10 mg for 1.5 years. A workup investigation to diagnose the cause of hypercalcemia was completed. The investigation did not reveal any pathological diseases that may have caused the hypercalcemia. The hypercalcemia resolved after atorvastatin-calcium was stopped, and the patient developed hypercalcemia shortly after the initiation of the atorvastatin calcium. Here, we report a clinical case of recurrent hypercalcemia possibly induced by atorvastatin calcium administration.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir

دوره 42 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014