Spotting the signs: a case of late diagnosed painful calciphylaxis.
Although the number of cases of calciphylaxis is increasing, it is often not diagnosed until a late stage, increasing the risk of mortality. A characteristic is purple, mottled and painful lesions, which have a tendency to become necrotic.
Payasli
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Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey. cempayasli@yahoo.com
Hosnuter
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Babuccu
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O
Kargi
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Kocak
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E
Isikdemir
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003646:Debridement; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000150:complications; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009336:Necrosis; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011379:Prognosis; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D013997:Time Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014945:Wound Healing