Calciphylaxis and bone scintigraphy: case report with histological confirmation and review of the literature

Ann Nucl Med. 2007 Jun;21(4):235-8. doi: 10.1007/s12149-007-0013-3. Epub 2007 Jun 25.

Abstract

We present a patient with a history of end-stage renal disease, who developed skin lesions in the bilateral calves a month after the initiation of hemodialysis. The lesions were biopsied, and the histological findings were consistent with a diagnosis of calciphylaxis. The patient had a baseline pretreatment bone scan that showed extensive systemic disease. The patient died 20 days after the imaging study. A review of the literature on bone scans and calciphylaxis is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Bone and Bones / pathology*
  • Calciphylaxis / diagnosis*
  • Calciphylaxis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gangrene / etiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging / methods*