Calcifying panniculitis and systemic calciphylaxis in an end-stage renal patient

Cutis. 1993 Apr;51(4):245-7.

Abstract

A patient with a history of end-stage renal failure who had been receiving hemodialysis for approximately six months experienced painful plaques bilaterally on the medial aspects of her thighs. A biopsy specimen of the affected subcutaneous tissue demonstrated calcification in the subcutaneous tissue. In this case of calcifying panniculitis, the conditions for systemic calciphylaxis appear to have been present.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Calciphylaxis / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Leg Ulcer / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Panniculitis / etiology*
  • Thigh