Calciphylaxis or vascular oxalosis?

Bone marrow oxalosis.

A 28-year-old woman presented with pancytopenia. Her past medical history was significant for primary hyperoxaluria. She had recurrent renal stones and urinary tract infections since the age of 5 years. Subsequently she developed uremic symptoms with end-stage renal disease. For the past 5 years she required regular hemodialysis and transfusions. There was no history of joint pain, cardiac prob...

Regression of vascular calcification in a patient with calciphylaxis.

Calciphylaxis

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Calciphylaxis

Fig. 1. Dry gangrene of the fingers (A and B) and dusky red discoloration of the right great toe (C) are shown. Progression of the gangrene of the fingers (D and E) and development of gangrenous necrosis of the toes (F) are shown. Plain radiographs demonstrating marked vascular calcification of the hands and feet (G–J). Skin biopsy revealing calcification (K) and microthrombosis (L and M) of sm...

Calciphylaxis

Figure 1. Right leg with painful ulcer demonstrating thrombosed blood vessels, saponified fat, and ischemic skin necrosis. DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old man presented with a wound of the right leg for 6 weeks that progressed from a linear ulceration with surrounding erythema to an excruciatingly painful ulcer with fat saponification and visible thrombosed vessels. His medical history was significan...