[Calciphylaxis in chronic renal failure: 3 cases].
BACKGROUND
Calciphylaxis is a small vessel disease responsible for vascular calcification and skin necrosis. It occurs in association with chronic renal failure and has a poor prognosis. BUT: Report new cases. We report 3 cases of calciphylaxis occurred in patients with chronic renal failure secondary to interstitial nephritis in 1 case, diabetic nephropathy in 1 case and thrombotic microangiopathy in 1 case.


METHODS
They were 2 females an 1 man aged of 44, 3 years meanly. Hyperphosphoremia and hyperparathyroidism were the essential risk factors. All patients died by sepsis. This course was precipitating by corticotherapy in 2 cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Early recognition and treatment of risk factors is mandatory to reduce mortality in uremic patients with calciphylaxis.
Kaaroud
Hayet
H
Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
Béji
Soumaya
S
Souissi
Inés
I
Ben Hamida
Fethi
F
Zouaghi
Karim
K
Ben Moussa
Fatma
F
El Younsi
Fethi
F
Abderrahim
Ezzedine
E
Ben Abdallah
Taieb
T
Ben Maiz
Hédi
H
Kheder
Adel
A
D000328:Adult; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged