Calciphylaxis associated with acute, reversible renal failure in the setting of alcoholic cirrhosis

Severine M Chavel; Karen S Taraszka; Julie V Schaffer; Rossitza Lazova; Jeffrey S Schechner

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.11.050

Calciphylaxis associated with acute, reversible renal failure in the setting of alcoholic cirrhosis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 May;50(5 Suppl):S125-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.11.050.

Authors

Severine M Chavel¹, Karen S Taraszka, Julie V Schaffer, Rossitza Lazova, Jeffrey S Schechner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8059, USA.

PMID: 15097947
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.11.050

Abstract

We describe a case of calciphylaxis in a 47-year-old man with alcohol-induced end-stage liver disease and acute renal failure secondary to hepatorenal syndrome. Possible contributing factors included transiently impaired renal function, protein C and S deficiencies, elevated calcium-phosphate product, hyperphosphatemia, low serum albumin, repeated albumin infusions, and elevated alkaline phosphatase level.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Biopsy
Calciphylaxis / diagnosis
Calciphylaxis / etiology*
Hepatorenal Syndrome / complications*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications*
Male
Middle Aged
Skin / pathology
Skin Diseases / diagnosis
Skin Diseases / etiology*