Non-uremic calciphylaxis in a woman without end-stage renal disease

Meghan Hodson; Gurleen Kaur; George Lin; Andrew Coates

doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-239225

Non-uremic calciphylaxis in a woman without end-stage renal disease

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Feb 26;14(2):e239225. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239225.

Authors

Meghan Hodson¹, Gurleen Kaur¹, George Lin², Andrew Coates³

Affiliations

¹ Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA [email protected].

Abstract

A woman in her 60s with a history of lower extremity vascular disease presented with extreme pain and wounds in her legs which had kept her from walking for several weeks. The patient's pain became intolerable throughout her hospital stay despite multiple surgical revascularisations. Biopsy of the patient's calf wounds revealed evidence of calciphylaxis, a diagnosis which corresponds with this patient's extreme pain. Our patient had no history of end-stage renal disease.

Keywords: dermatology; renal medicine.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Calciphylaxis* / etiology
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / therapy
Pain