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Urology, 2020 The proposed image reports the case of penile calciphylaxis. Calciphylaxis is a rare obliterative small vessel vasculopathy associated with diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease. Penile involvement is even rarer with only 50 cases reported, and agreement on appropriate diagnosis and management is unclear.
Antoine Gaillet, Yosu Luque
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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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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Calciphylaxis in Chinese Hemodialysis Patients
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundCalciphylaxis is a grievous life-threatening vascular disease that commonly affects dialysis population. This is the first epidemiological survey of calciphylaxis initiated in China.MethodsIn the cross-sectional survey, a stratified sampling ...
Yuqiu Liu +9 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2001 Abstract The phenomenon of calciphylaxis is rare, but potentially fatal. It has been recognised for a long time in patients with chronic renal failure with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Disturbed calcium and phosphate metabolism can result in painful necrosis of skin, subcutaneous tissue and acral gangrene.
R V, Mathur +2 more
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Development of the BWAT-CUA Scale to Assess Wounds in Patients with Calciphylaxis
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 +2 more
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A Fatal Case of Penile Calciphylaxis
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022 Calciphylaxis is a rare and serious complication of chronic renal failure characterized by vascular calcium overload. It has a high mortality rate. Penile calciphylaxis is an extremely rare condition of penile necrosis due to calciphylaxis of the penile ...
Carlos D’Assumpcao MD +5 more
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Calciphylaxis of the fingers [PDF]
Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2020 A 69-year-old Japanese man with a 10-year history of hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease presented with painful necrosis of the fingers of his right hand. A plain radiograph of the right hand revealed severely calcified arteries, particularly in the ring finger, suggesting the diagnosis of calciphylaxis of the fingers.
Ko Harada +4 more
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Calciphylaxis in a Patient on Home Hemodialysis
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Calciphylaxis is a rare and severe complication characterized by calcification of arterioles and capillaries in the dermis and subcutaneous adipose tissue that leads to ischemia, necrosis, and painful skin lesions in patients with end-stage renal disease
Sreedhar Adapa MD +6 more
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Risk factors for calciphylaxis in Chinese hemodialysis patients: a matched case-control study
Renal Failure, 2021 Introduction Calciphylaxis is a rare but potentially fatal disease commonly occurred in dialysis patients. Despite some previous studies on risk factors for calciphylaxis, there is still a lack of data from Chinese population.
Yuqiu Liu +6 more
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Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 2017 Calciphylaxis remains a poorly understood vascular calcification disorder with predilection for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Recent data from large patient registries and databases have begun to provide information regarding incidence, risk factors, and outcomes in patients with calciphylaxis.The most recent estimate places the ...
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