REDUCED VITAMIN-A TOLERANCE IN A HYPERLIPEMIA PATIENT WITH RAPID DESTRUCTIVE AND HYPEROSTOTIC OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE HIP

Authors
TEHILER R HANCK A SCHREIBER A VONHOCHSTETTER AR WAGENHAUESER FJ MICHEL BA
Citation
R. Tehiler et al., REDUCED VITAMIN-A TOLERANCE IN A HYPERLIPEMIA PATIENT WITH RAPID DESTRUCTIVE AND HYPEROSTOTIC OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE HIP, Clinical rheumatology, 13(2), 1994, pp. 293-298
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
293 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1994)13:2<293:RVTIAH>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A 59-year-old patient suffering from hyperlipidaemia developed a chron ic vitamin A intoxication syndrome after ingestion of 30000 IE retinol /daily over a period of six years. Functional disability of the right hip was caused by radiologically documented hyperostosis of the acetab ular circumference. Finally, a prosthesis had to be implanted because of rapid destructive osteoarthritis of the right hip. Implications of vitamin A for rheumatological management are discussed.