Diagnostic challenges in a patient with calciphylaxia - a case report

Autor: Violeta Claudia, Bojincă, Mihai, Bojincă, Cristina Ileana, Iosif, Şerban Mihai, Bălănescu, Andra Rodica, Bălănescu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie. 59(2)
ISSN: 2066-8279
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE