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Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma

Calciphylaxis is a serious medical condition that is typically associated with end-stage renal disease and presents as the sequelae of calcifications in arterioles with subsequent ischemia of affected tissues. Classically, calciphylaxis produces ulcerated and necrotic skin lesions. These may be biop...

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Autores principales: Novotny, Aaron G., Simpson, Ashley B., Kral, Melinda A., Calhoun, Benjamin C., Cocco, Amy E., Billings, Steven D., Miller, Susan K., Lebda, Paulette L., Sturgis, Charles D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4541620
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author Novotny, Aaron G.
Simpson, Ashley B.
Kral, Melinda A.
Calhoun, Benjamin C.
Cocco, Amy E.
Billings, Steven D.
Miller, Susan K.
Lebda, Paulette L.
Sturgis, Charles D.
author_facet Novotny, Aaron G.
Simpson, Ashley B.
Kral, Melinda A.
Calhoun, Benjamin C.
Cocco, Amy E.
Billings, Steven D.
Miller, Susan K.
Lebda, Paulette L.
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description Calciphylaxis is a serious medical condition that is typically associated with end-stage renal disease and presents as the sequelae of calcifications in arterioles with subsequent ischemia of affected tissues. Classically, calciphylaxis produces ulcerated and necrotic skin lesions. These may be biopsied to aid in confirmation of the diagnosis. Herein we report a case of a large necrotic breast lesion in the clinical setting of calciphylaxis, and we emphasize that a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management is important to avoid unnecessary oncological resection.
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spelling pubmed-55686112017-08-29 Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma Novotny, Aaron G. Simpson, Ashley B. Kral, Melinda A. Calhoun, Benjamin C. Cocco, Amy E. Billings, Steven D. Miller, Susan K. Lebda, Paulette L. Sturgis, Charles D. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Calciphylaxis is a serious medical condition that is typically associated with end-stage renal disease and presents as the sequelae of calcifications in arterioles with subsequent ischemia of affected tissues. Classically, calciphylaxis produces ulcerated and necrotic skin lesions. These may be biopsied to aid in confirmation of the diagnosis. Herein we report a case of a large necrotic breast lesion in the clinical setting of calciphylaxis, and we emphasize that a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management is important to avoid unnecessary oncological resection. Hindawi 2017 2017-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5568611/ /pubmed/28852578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4541620 Text en Copyright © 2017 Aaron G. Novotny et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Novotny, Aaron G.
Simpson, Ashley B.
Kral, Melinda A.
Calhoun, Benjamin C.
Cocco, Amy E.
Billings, Steven D.
Miller, Susan K.
Lebda, Paulette L.
Sturgis, Charles D.
Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title_full Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title_fullStr Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title_short Calciphylaxis of the Postmenopausal Female Breast: An Uncommonly Encountered Mimic of Carcinoma
title_sort calciphylaxis of the postmenopausal female breast: an uncommonly encountered mimic of carcinoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4541620
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