Calciphylaxis: a rare but potentially fatal event of chronic kidney disease. Case report

Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy is a rare cutaneous-systemic disease occurring in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The classical clinical picture is that of a necrotic and progressive skin ulcer of reticular pattern, mostly in the lower legs and susceptible to local inf...

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Published in:Anais brasileiros de dermatología 2013-12, Vol.88 (6 Suppl 1), p.44-47
Main Authors: Marques, Silvio Alencar, Kakuda, Aline Cruz, Mendaçolli, Thais Jung, Abbade, Luciana P Fernandes, Marques, Mariângela Esther Alencar
Format: Article
Language:English
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Calciphylaxis
Calciphylaxis - etiology
Calciphylaxis - pathology
Case Report
DERMATOLOGY
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Kidney failure, chronic
Leg ulcer
Leg Ulcer - etiology
Leg Ulcer - pathology
Male
Necrosis
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - pathology
Skin - pathology
Skin ulcer
Vascular calcification
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Summary:Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy is a rare cutaneous-systemic disease occurring in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The classical clinical picture is that of a necrotic and progressive skin ulcer of reticular pattern, mostly in the lower legs and susceptible to local infection. It is a product of mural calcification and occlusion of cutaneous and sub-cutaneous arteries and arterioles. The authors report the case of a 73-year-old male patient in his late stage of renal disease presenting severe necrotic cutaneous ulcers on lower legs followed by local and systemic infection and death due to sepse after parathyroidectomy.
ISSN:0365-0596
1806-4841
1806-4841
0365-0596
DOI:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132280