Cardiovascular complications in a child with chronic renal failure.
This is the report of an 11-year-old boy with chronic renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism. The child had been on dialysis, calcitriol, calcium carbonate, and presented dyslipidemia and calcified thrombi in various vessels and organs in the course of his condition. Pathological examination showed ischemic cerebral necrosis, calcification in coronary arteries, and myocardial infarction.
Herdy
Gesmar Volga Haddad
GV
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. gesmarhaddad@uol.com.br
Lopes
Vânia Gloria Silami
VG
Olivaes
Maria Cecília
MC
Mota
Isabele Coelho
IC
Vasconcelos
Marcio Moacyr
MM
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index