Calciphylaxis mimicking inflammatory breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-516

  Bonilla, Luis A ^a,b,c   Dickson Witmer, Diana ^a   Witmer, Dennis R ^a   Kirby, William ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Crozer Chester Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; End stage renal disease; Hyperparathyroidism; Inflammatory breast cancer

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOM;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCIPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 34548260725     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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