Calciphylaxis in primary hyperparathyroidism: A case report and brief review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Joukhadar, Rene ^a   Bright, Tamis ^a  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Hypercalcemia; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CINACALCET; CREATININE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; ADENOMA; FATALITY; HYPERCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADENOMA; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 63149151187     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318197237f     Document Type: Article

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