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Development of the BWAT-CUA Scale to Assess Wounds in Patients with Calciphylaxis [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2021
Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA; calciphylaxis) is a severe form of vascular calcification with no approved therapies. A standardized wound assessment tool is needed to evaluate changes in calciphylaxis wounds over time.
Lisa J. Gould, Thomas E. Serena, Smeeta Sinha   +2 more
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Calciphylaxis as a Catastrophic Complication in a Patient with POEMS Syndrome [PDF]

Case Reports in Neurology, 2009
Calciphylaxis is a vascular calcification-cutaneous necrosis syndrome, usually seen in patients with end-stage renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Akiyo Hineno, Tomomi Kinoshita, Michiaki Kinoshita, Fuyuko Arakura, Ko-suke Naito, Yasuhiro Shimojima, Masayuki Matsuda, Kunihiro Yoshida, Shu-ichi Ikeda   +8 more
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Navigating the patient-provider relationship during severe illness with lessons from a qualitative perspective of calciphylaxis [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Calciphylaxis is a condition with unpredictable onset that predominantly affects people with kidney disease. This rare, incredibly painful condition results in necrotic skin lesions caused by calcified occlusions of the microvasculature and has an ...
Olivia G. Durant, Sagar U. Nigwekar, Carmel Salhi   +2 more
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A case report of severe calciphylaxis – suggested approach for diagnosis and treatment [PDF]

BMC Nephrology, 2017
Background Calciphylaxis is a serious complication in patients with chronic kidney disease associated mineral and bone disorder. It can occur in conditions with low and high bone turnover.
Margret Patecki, Gabriele Lehmann, Jan Hinrich Bräsen, Jessica Schmitz, Anna Bertram, Lars Daniel Berthold, Hermann Haller, Wilfried Gwinner   +7 more
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Management of chronic urinary retention in glanular penile calciphylaxis

Urology Case Reports, 2022
Urinary retention in penile calciphylaxis is a rare phenomenon due to its association with end-stage renal failure.A 48 year-old male was noted to have a lesion with necrotic appearances overlying his urethral meatus with increasing bladder volumes.
Syed Rahman, Neil Harvey, Katie Moore
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Calciphylaxis Following Parathyroidectomy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients—Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Biomedicines
Calcific uremic arteriolopathy, also known as calciphylaxis, is a rare and often fatal condition most commonly occurring in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Nada Akad, Stefana Catalina Bilha, Mugurel Apetrii, Fawzy Akad, Madalina Bilha, Mihai Hogas, Simona Hogas, Maria-Christina Ungureanu, Cristina Preda, Adrian Covic   +9 more
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Calcific uremic arteriolopathy with penile involvement post-kidney transplant [PDF]

Urology Case Reports
Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (calciphylaxis) is a rare, painful condition in ESRD patients causing skin lesions and tissue ischemia. While typically affecting proximal areas, distal sites, including the penis, can also be involved. We present a 55-year-
Sidharth Anand, Aiswarya Menon, Abinav Udaiyar, Sandeep Jaswal, Bilal Siddiqui, Aman Siddiqui, Adam Atoot   +6 more
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Treatment effects of human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells for skin lesions and metastatic pulmonary calcification in calciphylaxis patients - case series and literature review. [PDF]

Ren Fail
Lu S, Zeng M, Li F, Ouyang C, Wu J, Hu J, Yuan Y, Cui H, Xu Y, Liu W, Zhang L, Lu Y, Su Z, Ye X, Li C, Bian A, Jiang C, Cui Y, Ma X, Ning S, Lv X, Wang L, Yang J, Wang X, Liang N, Xing C, Liu J, Qin L, Wang N.   +28 more
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Early diagnosis strategy of calciphylaxis in dialysis patients

Renal Failure, 2023
Calciphylaxis, a rapidly progressive and potentially life-threatening vascular calcification syndrome that clinically presents with persistently painful, ulcerative, or necrotizing skin lesions in multiple parts of the body, is predominantly observed in ...
Yuqiu Liu, Xiaoliang Zhang
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Calciphylaxis

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
Calciphylaxis is vasculopathy characterized by ischemia and painful skin necrosis due to calcification and intimal fibroplasia of thrombosis of the panicular arterioles. It most frequently compromises patients with terminal chronic renal failure and has a high mortality rate. Biopsy of skin lesions is used as a diagnostic method. No specific laboratory
Maanaoui, Mehdi, Provôt, François, Lionet, Arnaud   +2 more
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