Arteriolopatía calcificante urémica / Uremic calcifying arteriopathy
Rev. cuba. med
;
50(2): 209-215, abr.-jun. 2011.
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
La arteriolopatía calcificante urémica es una complicación poco frecuente de la enfermedad renal crónica y se asocia con elevada tasa de mortalidad. A propósito se describió el caso clínico de un hombre de 59 años de edad, con insuficiencia renal crónica terminal que se hallaba en programa de hemodiálisis convencional, en régimen de 3 veces/semana, desde el año 2007. Se le diagnosticó arteriolopatía calcificante urémica grave tras sospecha clínica y biopsia de lesiones cutáneas, con un desenlace fatal. Reconocemos que se requiere un alto índice de sospecha clínica para su diagnóstico precoz y no siempre se asocia a hiperparatiroidismo secundario grave, en su patogenia se imbrican múltiples factores
ABSTRACT
The calcifying arteriolopathy is an uncommon complication of chronic renal disease and it is associated with a high rate of mortality. Authors present the clinical case of a man aged 59 presenting with terminal chronic renal failure under a three times/week conventional hemodialysis program from 2007. He was diagnosed with a severe uremic calcifying arteriolopathy after a clinical suspicion and biopsy of cutaneous lesions with a fatal outcome. It is recognized that it is necessary a high rate of clinical suspicion for its early diagnosis and not always it is associated with a severe secondary hyperparathyroidism where multiple factors are involved in its pathogenesis
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Main subject:
Panniculitis
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Renal Dialysis
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Skin Diseases, Vascular
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Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Type of study:
Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. cuba. med
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras/CU
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