CALCIPHYLAXIS: AN UNCOMMON MANIFESTATION OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM. A CASE REPORT

P BillerDivision of General Internal MedicineSaint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

L MarotDivision of DermatologySaint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

M LambertDivision of General Internal MedicineSaint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

C LefebvreDivision of General Internal MedicineSaint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.Correspondence[email protected]

Abstract

Calciphylaxis is a rare disorder which mainly affects patients with end-stage renal disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism. We report here a case of calciphylaxis in a 56-year-old woman with primary hyperparathyroidism, a much more uncommon association. Skin biopsy revealed the characteristic pictures of the disease. Soon after parathyroidectomy, the parameters of the phosphorus-calcium metabolism normalised but the cutaneous lesions persisted for several months.

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