Multiple sites of calciphylaxis in a patient with chronic renal failure
Joint Authors
Hanna, Rami Majdi
Nabil, Joseph Riyad
Lopez, Eduardo A.
Corry, Dalila B.
Wilson, James
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 2 (30 Apr. 2015), pp.344-348, 5 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2015-04-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
- Patients
- Kidneys
- Diseases
- Chronic diseases
- Complications(Medicine)
- Kidney failure
- Calciphylaxis
- Calcification
Abstract EN
Calciphylaxis has seldom been reported in patients with acute renal failure or in pre-dialysis patients.
It also has been reported at lower calcium phosphorous products and in patients with adynamic bone disease.
We report a pre-hemodialysis (HD) patient with acute renal failure and biopsy-proven calciphylaxis involving multiple cutaneous sites with calcification of the perineal area resulting in dry gangrene of the penis that necessitated a partial penectomy.
The patient had elevated serum calcium, phosphorous and parathyroid hormone level of 612 pg / mL.
The same patient suffered subsequently from a calcium embolus that occluded his left ophthalmic artery and resulted in left eye blindness.
Calciphylaxis is a devastating phenomenon and physicians should have a high clinical suspicion for it in HD patients as well as in patients with late stages of chronic kidney disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hanna, Rami Majdi& Nabil, Joseph Riyad& Lopez, Eduardo A.& Corry, Dalila B.& Wilson, James. 2015. Multiple sites of calciphylaxis in a patient with chronic renal failure. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.344-348.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-532729
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Corry, Dalila B.…[et al.]. Multiple sites of calciphylaxis in a patient with chronic renal failure. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 26, no. 2 (2015), pp.344-348.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-532729
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hanna, Rami Majdi& Nabil, Joseph Riyad& Lopez, Eduardo A.& Corry, Dalila B.& Wilson, James. Multiple sites of calciphylaxis in a patient with chronic renal failure. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2015. Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.344-348.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-532729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 347-348
Record ID
BIM-532729