Vascular calcification presenting as necrosis of penis in patient with chronic renal failure.
An unusual presentation of metastatic calcification as gangrene of the penis is reported in a patient with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis. Calcification of the vessels of the penis was documented radiographically and pathologically. Recognition of the possible occurrence of this complication becomes of great importance in younger patients on dialysis or with kidney transplants.
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology*