title: [Ultrasonic diagnosis of calciphylactic lesions].
abstract: Calciphylaxis is a serious disease most commonly occurring in patients with end-stage renal disease characterized by systemic medial calcification of the arteries and tissue necrosis due to ischaemia. Secondary infections contribute to the high mortality of this disease. Diagnosis is suggested by characteristic skin lesions, calcifying septal panniculitis on deep skin biopsy and detection of calcifications in conventional radiology. We are able to demonstrate the early diagnosis with high resolution high frequency ultrasound prior to the occurrence of typical skin lesions facilitating early treatment.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin, Abteilung für Nephrologie, Innsbruck, Germany. martin.tiefenthaler@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiefenthaler
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riedl-Huter
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bodner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D009336:Necrosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography