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

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Silvio Alencar Marques¹  Aline Cruz Kakuda¹  Thais Jung Mendaçolli¹  Luciana P. Fernandes Abbade¹  Mariângela Esther Alencar Marques¹ 

关键词: Calciphylaxis;    Kidney failure;    chronic;    Leg ulcer;    Skin ulcer;    Vascular calcification;    Calcificação vascular;    Calciofilaxia;    Falência renal crônica;    Úlcera cutânea;    Úlcera da perna;   

DOI  :  10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132280

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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