title: Spontaneous cutaneous ulcers in a patient with a moderate degree of chronic kidney disease: a different spectrum of calciphylaxis.
abstract: Calciphylaxis is characterized by the development of spontaneous skin ulcers that often progress to deep tissue necrosis. We present a case of calciphylaxis in a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) prior to the initiation of dialysis. We conclude that calciphylaxis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of skin ulcerations in patients with any degree of CKD.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 1 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. wassimhitti@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Wassim A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hitti
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Ravinder K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Wali
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002081:Buttocks; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh