Calciphylaxis associated with acute, reversible renal failure in the setting of alcoholic cirrhosis.

Severine M Chavel, Karen S Taraszka, Julie V Schaffer, Rossitza Lazova, Jeffrey S Schechner

Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2004;50(5 Suppl):S125-8

PMID: 15097947

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Abstract

We describe a case of calciphylaxis in a 47-year-old man with alcohol-induced end-stage liver disease and acute renal failure secondary to hepatorenal syndrome. Possible contributing factors included transiently impaired renal function, protein C and S deficiencies, elevated calcium-phosphate product, hyperphosphatemia, low serum albumin, repeated albumin infusions, and elevated alkaline phosphatase level.

Address: Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8059, USA.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.11.050

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MeSH Terms: Acute Kidney Injury, Biopsy, Calciphylaxis, Hepatorenal Syndrome, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, Male, Middle Aged, Skin, Skin Diseases