Abstract

HERRERA, LILIANA; AVELLANEDA, CARLOS  and  TIQUE, NORBEY. CALCIPHYLAXIS SKIN AS A COMPLICATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL DIALYSIS. rev.fac.med [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.1, pp.86-90. ISSN 0121-5256.

Calciphylaxis usually refers to a disease characterized by reticulated violet lesions painful to touch which progress to necrosis and predominate in lower extremities in patients diagnosed with renal failure and who are being managed with hemodialysis. This disease has a high mortality rate that in some studies reaches up to 80%. There is an increase in cardiovascular events in these patients. We present the case of a patient who is diagnosed with calciphylaxis secondary to chronic renal failure, in which we highlight the elevated rate of mortality secondary to this disease.

Keywords : Calcifilaxis; falla renal; calcificación metastásica.

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