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A 58-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented with hypotension and emesis, pale conjunctivae, and a distended abdomen. Labs revealed hypercalcemia and leukocytosis. Abdominal imaging showed gastric pneumatosis. Endoscopy demonstrated significant hemorrhage and necrosis in the gastric
Intravenous sodium thiosulfate (ivSTS) is a promising new therapeutic option for calciphylaxis related to end-stage renal disease. However, its effect on tumoral calcinosis (TC) complicating autoimmune connective-tissue diseases has been scarcely described. We report here 4 cases (3 adults and 1
BACKGROUND
Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) or calciphylaxis is a severe complication of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and dialysis. Few effective treatments are available and the mortality rate is high. We report 4 cases in which sodium thiosulfate therapy was rapidly
Severe uremia is now a rare occurrence in most developed nations, and yet is still present in many countries of the world. It includes clinical manifestations such as calciphylaxis and uremic frost, which are now rarely seen. Patients with extremely high levels of blood urea nitrogen (above 175