Calcifying panniculitis associated with renal failure. A case of Selye's calciphylaxis in man.
Nephrotic syndrome developed in a 45-year-old white woman who had insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Following diuretic therapy and intravenous infusions of albumin, painful induration developed in the thighs and abdomen. A biopsy of the affected subcutaneous tissue demonstrated interstitial deposition of calcium. In this case of calcifying panniculitis, the conditions for calciphylaxis appear to have been present.
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology