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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