A Case Report: Calciphylaxis Presenting as Digital Ischemia in Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease on Peritoneal Dialysis - Open Journal of Nephrology

OJNeph > Vol.9 No.2, June 2019

Volume 9, Issue 2 (June 2019)

ISSN Print: 2164-2842 ISSN Online: 2164-2869

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A Case Report: Calciphylaxis Presenting as Digital Ischemia in Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease on Peritoneal Dialysis ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojneph.2019.92006 1,240 Downloads 3,503 Views Citations

Author(s)

Hatoon Abbas¹, Manal Alotaibi¹, Ralph J. Lebron²

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²Department of Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.

ABSTRACT

Calciphylaxis also known as Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a fatal disease with high mortality that mostly affects patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis. In recent years the incidence of CUA has been increasing among patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). The exact mechanism and risk factors are not well described.

KEYWORDS

Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy, Calciphylaxis, ESKD, PD, HD

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Abbas, H. , Alotaibi, M. and Lebron, R. (2019) A Case Report: Calciphylaxis Presenting as Digital Ischemia in Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease on Peritoneal Dialysis. Open Journal of Nephrology, 9, 49-53. doi: 10.4236/ojneph.2019.92006.

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