Arteriolopatia urémica calcificante / Calcific uremic arteriolopathy
Medisan
; 15(10)oct. 2011. ilus
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in Es
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RESUMEN
Se describe el caso clínico de un paciente con insuficiencia renal crónica, que recibió tratamiento dialítico peritoneal durante 8 meses, pero ingresó en este centro hospitalario por presentar lesiones cutáneas dolorosas con cambios de coloración, de tonalidad violácea, que afectaban la mayoría de los dedos de ambas manos y la palma de la izquierda, con pulsos dístales presentes. Se le diagnosticó arteriolopatía urémica calcificante y evolucionó gravemente hasta fallecer.
ABSTRACT
A case report of a patient with chronic renal failure, who received peritoneal dialysis treatment for 8 months, is described. He was hospitalized at this center due to painful skin injuries changing of color and purplish tonality, that affected most of fingers in both hands and in the palm of the left hand, and having distal pulses. The diagnosis was calcific uremic arteriolopathy and it gravely evolved to death.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Panniculitis
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Peritoneal Dialysis
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Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Limits:
Adult
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2011
Type:
Article