Calciphylaxis in a patient with end-stage renal disease. 2001

Y J Kim, and B S Chung, and K C Choi
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, 588, Seosuck-Dong, Dong-Ku, Gwangju 501-140, Korea.

Calciphylaxis is a rare and life-threatening condition of progressive cutaneous necrosis secondary to small and medium-sized vessel calcification. It is seen almost exclusively in patients with end-stage renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism. We experienced a case of 67-year-old man with calciphylaxis that manifested with characteristic skin lesions, pathologic findings, and laboratory changes. His skin lesions began as painful erythematous patches and subsequently progressed to necrotic ulcers with eschars on the distal aspect of the extremities. Pathologically, calcification was found in small and medium-sized blood vessels in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. His serum calcium was 9.5 mg/dL, phosphorus was 7.8 mg/dL, and nPTH was 99.9 pg/mL. The patient had been treated with surgical debridement and other supportive treatment. However, he eventually underwent an amputation below the right knee and died from sepsis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007676 Kidney Failure, Chronic The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. ESRD,End-Stage Renal Disease,Renal Disease, End-Stage,Renal Failure, Chronic,Renal Failure, End-Stage,Chronic Kidney Failure,End-Stage Kidney Disease,Chronic Renal Failure,Disease, End-Stage Kidney,Disease, End-Stage Renal,End Stage Kidney Disease,End Stage Renal Disease,End-Stage Renal Failure,Kidney Disease, End-Stage,Renal Disease, End Stage,Renal Failure, End Stage
D008297 Male Males
D002115 Calciphylaxis Condition of induced systemic hypersensitivity in which tissues respond to appropriate challenging agents with a sudden local calcification. Calcific Uraemic Arteriolopathy,Calciphylaxes,Idiopathic Calciphylaxis,Arteriolopathy, Calcific Uraemic,Calcific Uraemic Arteriolopathies,Calciphylaxis, Idiopathic,Uraemic Arteriolopathy, Calcific
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005385 Fingers Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND. Finger
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000671 Amputation, Surgical The surgical removal of part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body. Amputation,Amputation, Multiple, Surgical,Multiple Amputation, Surgical,Surgical Amputation Procedures,Amputation Procedure, Surgical,Amputation Procedures, Surgical,Amputation, Surgical Multiple,Amputations,Amputations, Surgical,Amputations, Surgical Multiple,Multiple Amputations, Surgical,Procedure, Surgical Amputation,Procedures, Surgical Amputation,Surgical Amputation,Surgical Amputation Procedure,Surgical Amputations,Surgical Multiple Amputation,Surgical Multiple Amputations
D014034 Toes Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT. Toe
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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