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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, Srikanth Naramala MD, Vijay Gayam MD, Narayana Murty Koduri MD, Subba Rao Daggubati MD, Pallav Patel MD, Venu Madhav Konala MD   +6 more
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Retinal artery and vein occlusion in calciphylaxis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
Purpose: To report a case of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) followed by branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) in a patient with confirmed calciphylaxis.
Andrea Naranjo, Nadim Rayess, Emily Ryan, Michael Iv, Vinit B. Mahajan   +4 more
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Isolated Mesenteric Calciphylaxis With Ischemic Colitis in a Hemodialysis Patient Without Active Cutaneous Calciphylaxis: A Case Report of Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy

Kidney Medicine, 2020
Calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is a devastating systemic disease most commonly associated with chronic kidney failure.
Rachel Yi Ping Tan, Rajiv Juneja, Dimuth Nilanga Gunawardane, Caroline A. Milton   +3 more
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Penile calciphylaxis with penoscrotal necrosis: A case report with literature review

Urology Case Reports, 2023
Penile calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy is an uncommon condition of the penile vessels due to its extensive vascular network.
Zhino Noori Hussein, Rawa Bapir, Saman Salih Fakhralddin, Ari M. Abdullah, Karzan M. Salih, Fahmi H. kakamad   +5 more
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Ten tips on how to deal with calciphylaxis patients. [PDF]

Clin Kidney J
Chewcharat A, Nigwekar SU.
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Lack of evidence does not justify neglect. how can we address unmet medical needs in calciphylaxis [PDF]

, 2016
Calcific uraemic arteriolopathy (CUA), or calciphylaxis, is a rare disease predominantly occurring in comorbidity with dialysis. Due to the very low frequency of CUA, prospective studies on its management are lacking and even anecdotal reports on ...
Brandenburg, Vincent Matthias, Cozzolino, Mario, ERA-EDTA Working Group on CKD-MBD, EUCALNET, Evenepoel, Pieter, Floege, Jürgen, Goldsmith, David, Kramann, Rafael, Massy, Ziad, Mazzaferro, Sandro, Schurgers, Leon J., Sinha, Smeeta, Torregrosa, Vicens, Ureña-Torres, Pablo, Vervloet, Marc   +14 more
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Calciphylaxis [PDF]

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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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, Xiaoliang Zhang, Xiaotong Xie, Xin Yang, Hong Liu, Rining Tang, Bicheng Liu   +6 more
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A Case of Early Calciphylaxis Diagnosed by Bone Scan

Case Reports in Medicine, 2020
Calcium uremic aortic disease (calciphylaxis) has long been considered as a rare, life-threatening small vessel disease. The diagnosis of calciphylaxis depends mainly on clinical symptoms and high risk factors, and skin biopsy can be used to confirm the ...
Jia Di, Yuqiu Liu, Dongyan Wang, Min Yang   +3 more
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Bone scintigraphy findings in calciphylaxis

Radiology Case Reports, 2018
Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood condition involving vascular calcification and thrombosis that leads to skin necrosis. Unfortunately, a noninvasive definitive test for calciphylaxis does not currently exist, and diagnosis relies on clinical symptoms
John Raduka, BS, Abhimanyu Aggarwal, MD, Katherine Johnson, Kathy Byun, MD, Anthony P. Trace, MD, PhD   +4 more
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