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A 53-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease who was undergoing hemodialysis presented with fever, painful finger necrosis, and nonhealing ulceration of the legs. Hand radiographs showed no evidence of osteomyelitis but did show severely calcified arteries and the loss of soft tissue at the tips of the index and middle fingers (visible in the image, along with an intravenous catheter at the wrist). The results of skin biopsy were consistent with calciphylaxis. Calciphylaxis is a syndrome of arterial calcification and tissue necrosis that most often occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease who are undergoing hemodialysis. The . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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