title: Chronic renal failure and skin calcifications.
abstract: Two patients with chronic renal failure who developed very painful ulcerations and histologically manifested skin calcifications are described. An overview of the skin calcifications with chronic renal failure is given, and the theory of Selye, which is often used to explain this calcification process, is briefly described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Poesen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidbüchel
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Van den Oord
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morren
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology