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Intravenous Sodium Thiosulphate for Calciphylaxis of Chronic Kidney Disease
Key Points Question Is intravenous sodium thiosulphate (STS) treatment associated with improvement in skin lesions and survival in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experiencing calciphylaxis?
W. Wen+14 more
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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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Calcinosis Cutis and Calciphylaxis in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
Calcinosis represents a severe complication of several autoimmune disorders. Soft-tissue calcifications have been classified into five major types: dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic, iatrogenic, and calciphylaxis.
I. Mormile+5 more
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Calciphylaxis and Kidney Disease: A Review.
Calciphylaxis is a life-threatening complication most often associated with chronic kidney disease that occurs due to the deposition of calcium in dermal and adipose microvasculature. However, this condition may also be seen in patients with acute kidney
B. G. Marin+4 more
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Limited data are available on the utilization of sodium thiosulfate (STS) treatment for calciphylaxis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, while it is well-studied in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
Christy L Gossett+6 more
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Multimodality approach to treat calciphylaxis in end-stage kidney disease patients
A multimodality approach has been proposed as an effective treatment for calciphylaxis in patients with end-stage kidney disease. In this retrospective study, we report the cases of 12 end-stage kidney disease patients from l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec ...
Chloé Lajoie+6 more
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Calciphylaxis, A Case Series: The Importance of Early Detection.
Introduction Calciphylaxis is a rare disorder that involves the formation of cutaneous, subcutaneous, and vascular calcifications. Although it is predominantly seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), it has also been reported in patients ...
Nikita Sijapati+6 more
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Calciphylaxis is a rare cutaneous vascular disease that manifests with intolerable pains, non-healing skin wounds, histologically characterized by calcification, fibrointimal hyperplasia, and microvessel thrombosis.
A. Bian+27 more
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Calciphylaxis is an infrequent yet lethal disease often associated with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The most common sites include proximal and distal extremities and the trunk, with few reported in the penis and very few as gastrointestinal (GI ...
Justine Chinnappan+4 more
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Calciphylaxis of the fingers [PDF]
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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