Calciphylaxis mimicking penile gangrene: A case report

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1355-1359

  Bhatty, Tanweer Ahmed Naweed ^a   Riaz, Kamran ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Gangrene; Penis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CINACALCET; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SEVELAMER; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MYXOMA; NECROSIS; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PENILE GANGRENE; PENIS DISEASE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; THROMBUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; GANGRENE; PATHOLOGY; PENIS;

ADULT; CALCIPHYLAXIS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS;

EID: 77449142292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.150     Document Type: Article

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