Calcifilaxia: reporte de un caso mujer joven con lesiones necróticas en miembros inferiores

Abstract

Calciphylaxis is a rare disease characterized by arteriolar medial calcification, vascular thrombosis, intimal hyperplasia, ulceration and areas of necrosis. It most commonly affects patients on hemodyalisis, but although patients without renal disease can be affected too. In these it is named as not uremic calciphylaxis and the most frequent causes are primary hyperparathyroidism, connective tissue diseases, alcoholic liver disease, and neoplasms. It’s important to keep in mind that calciphylaxis can be easily mistaken for vascultis, even in those without a history of rheumatologic disease. So it should be taken into consideration before a patient with painful ulcers of lower limb difficult to heal.