Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report

Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is the tissue and vascular calcification that occurs mainly in chronic kidney disease. However, it can be secondary to parathyroid dysfunction and it has been described in rheumatic patients. We present a case of calciphylaxis in a woman with inactiv...

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Autores principales: Lurati, Alfredomaria, Laria, Antonella, Paolotti, Donatella, Scarpellini, Magda
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064073
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S80441
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author Lurati, Alfredomaria
Laria, Antonella
Paolotti, Donatella
Scarpellini, Magda
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description Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is the tissue and vascular calcification that occurs mainly in chronic kidney disease. However, it can be secondary to parathyroid dysfunction and it has been described in rheumatic patients. We present a case of calciphylaxis in a woman with inactive rheumatoid arthritis, acute renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism.
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spelling pubmed-44558512015-06-10 Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report Lurati, Alfredomaria Laria, Antonella Paolotti, Donatella Scarpellini, Magda Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy, is the tissue and vascular calcification that occurs mainly in chronic kidney disease. However, it can be secondary to parathyroid dysfunction and it has been described in rheumatic patients. We present a case of calciphylaxis in a woman with inactive rheumatoid arthritis, acute renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism. Dove Medical Press 2015-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4455851/ /pubmed/26064073 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S80441 Text en © 2015 Lurati et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lurati, Alfredomaria
Laria, Antonella
Paolotti, Donatella
Scarpellini, Magda
Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title_full Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title_fullStr Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title_short Calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
title_sort calciphylaxis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal failure, and hyperparathyroidism: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064073
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S80441
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