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CALCIPHYLAXIS IN A RENAL DIALYSIS PATIENT WITH SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Author(s) -
Ramakrishna Banumathi,
Pierides John,
Disney Alexander P. S.,
Dymock Robert B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1987.tb00337.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calciphylaxis , secondary hyperparathyroidism , parathyroidectomy , hyperparathyroidism , surgery , differential diagnosis , skin grafting , dialysis , debridement (dental) , chronic renal failure , calcification , pathology , parathyroid hormone , calcium
S ummary A fatal case of extensive skin ulceration and infarction with metastatic calcification in the cutis, subcutis, and vessels is presented in an Aboriginal woman with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroidectomy and debridement of skinulcers with grafting were performed, but the patient died of septicaemia. Heparin induced necrosis was considered in the differential diagnosis and excluded.