1. Diagnostic challenges in a patient with calciphylaxia - a case report.
- Author
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Bojincă VC, Bojincă M, Iosif CI, Bălănescu ŞM, and Bălănescu AR
- Subjects
- Calciphylaxis pathology, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism pathology, Kidney Failure, Chronic pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Calciphylaxis diagnosis, Hyperparathyroidism complications, Kidney Failure, Chronic complications
- Abstract
Calciphylaxis is a condition with unclear etiopathogeny with vascular calcifications and thrombotic occlusion that lead to necrotic lesions. It is usually described in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but also in other conditions. The mortality rate is high, due to sepsis and internal organ failure. We present the case of a patient with multiple comorbidities (ESRD, diabetes, hypertension, Mönckeberg's sclerosis) with problems of differential diagnostic due to the necrotic lesions that mislead initially to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with necrotizing vasculitis.
- Published
- 2018