Uremic Bilateral Breast Calciphylaxis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Calciphylaxis, also called calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is a rare benign cutaneous manifestation. Although little is known about its pathogenesis, it is thought to be a result of vascular wall calcification leading to soft tissue necrosis, and it is usually encountered in patients with end-stage...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Natalie, Saad Abdalla Al-Zawi, Abdalla, Idaewor, Philip, Rasheed, Noreen, Chicken, Dennis Wayne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10602656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37900509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46024
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Sumario:Calciphylaxis, also called calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is a rare benign cutaneous manifestation. Although little is known about its pathogenesis, it is thought to be a result of vascular wall calcification leading to soft tissue necrosis, and it is usually encountered in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on long-term renal dialysis. Breast calciphylaxis is a rare entity that may present as a breast mass or necrotic ulcers, and it is common for it to be initially mistaken for a malignant breast pathology. In this article, we present a case of bilateral breast calciphylaxis in a 66-year-old female with ESKD receiving long-term dialysis.

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