The calcium invasion: Calciphylaxis in Lupus
Nazir, L.; Saeed, M.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 65(4): 427-428
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 25976582 Document Number: 684545
Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood and highly morbid syndrome of vascular calcification and skin necrosis. We describe the case of a 52-year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inappropriately treated with oral steroids for 18-years who developed renal impairment followed by skin necrosis and gangrene of right hand. She had subcutaneous calcium deposition with bilateral renal stones and widespread vascular calcifications. She was diagnosed with calciphylaxis and in spite of treatment died of a myocardial infarction.