title: Tumour calcification and calciphylaxis in end-stage renal disease.
abstract: Although soft tissue and vascular calcifications are common in CKD and progress as an independent risk factor of all-cause mortality, tumour calcification and calciphylaxis are uncommon in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Here, we discuss a rare case of a patient with tumour calcification complicated with calciphylaxis developed septic shock from infection. Our patient is a 57-year-old man in his late stage of renal disease who presented with a huge mass at the right hip and necrotic cutaneous ulcers on the lower legs followed by local and systemic infection and death due to septic shock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, China.
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou 213003, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang