[PDF] Top 20 Regression of vascular calcification following an acute episode of calciphylaxis: a case report

... marked calcification in the ves- sels of her lower extremities (Figures 2A, 3A and ...2A). Calciphylaxis was suspected and intravenous STS was administered three times a week after each session of ... See full document

... of calciphylaxis as illus- trated in a single institution cohort of 64 patients with calciphylaxis revealing 77% to be receiving dialysis for end-stage renal failure ...Previous case reports have ... See full document

... commenced HD for ESKD of unknown etiology when she was 43 years old. She underwent artificial heart valve replacement surgery for infective endocarditis at the age of 50 years, following which she was on warfarin ... See full document

... of persistent diarrhoea cases were below one year of age. The case fatality rate for persistent diarrhoea was 3.5% and 38% of all diarrhoeal deaths were due to persistent diarrhoea. Of the 15 risk factors ... See full document

... angiotensin were all within normal range. There was no obvious abnormality in serum catecholamine and hepatic and renal function tests were unremarkable. Preoperative abdominal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a ... See full document

... nephrosis, acute renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, hepatic dysfunction and serum sickness are also rarely ...we report a case of 2 year old male child presenting with angioedema and acute renal ... See full document

... is the union of two separate tooth buds during odontogenesis and here the tooth count is less than normal when the affected tooth is counted as one. However, this rule may not apply in cases where fusion involves a ... See full document

... commonly practiced treatment options includes porcelain laminate veneers (PLV) which are thin shells of ceramics, which can be bonded using bonding agents and dual cure resins/cements to the facial surface of anterior ... See full document

... Arndt RD, Smith LE, Po J, et a!: Myocardial calcification ofthe infant heart following infarction detected on the chest roentgenogram: A case report. Berry CL: Myocardial infarction in a[r] ... See full document

... In Case 1, the patient’s hearing loss deteriorated gradually and there was a reduction in the soft shadow seen by CT; however, the possibility of congenital cholesteatoma was high, and thus surgery was ...In ... See full document

... the case, the patient included stage IVB because on the basis of CT scans the thyroid mass spread to extratiroid to urgent carotid artery (T4b), there was enlargement of regional lymph nodes (N1), and no ... See full document

... balance of production and elimination of bilirubin is of particular importance during the neonatal transition pe- riod, and an increased inducibility of HO-1 because of the short allele of the HO-1 gene promoter polymor- ... See full document

... progressive vascular calcifications ...early vascular and valvular calcification [13-16] and to be an important predictor of calcium-phosphorus metabolism at the rate of aortic valve disease ... See full document

... Calcitriol is indicated in patients with chronic renal dis- ease in order to avoid secondary hyperparathyroidism related to impaired ability of the ailing kidney to convert vitamin D into its active form, 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ... See full document

... insufficiency (basal cortisol equal to 32.9nmol/l, 30 and 60 min after Synacthen equal to 34nmol/l and 32.1nmol/l respectively, normal range 70-250nmol/l). ACTH levels were very high (1763.4pg/ml, normal range 9–52). MRI ... See full document

... the case of a 19-year-old female with anti-NMDA recep- tor encephalitis who was first diagnosed with dissociative ...present case is noteworthy because of the dramatic and rapid recovery from surgery she ... See full document

... of calcification of arteries and cartilage in vivo ...of calcification, such as fetuin-A or, indirectly by influencing the transcription of other factors that inhibit the differentiation of vascular ... See full document

... following their acute episode. Nevertheless, second biopsies on the 23 patients revealed. that renal histology was normal in only 4;[r] ... See full document

... Despite the suggestive evidence that ADEM and OCD onset were not in- dependently occurring events for this patient, there are alternate explan- ations that require consideration. This patient has a family history of OCD, ... See full document

... Figure 2. Morphological findings of mixed phenotype acute leukemia. Blasts on peripheral blood smears (A) and bone marrow smears (B) were character- ized by fine azurophilic granules with abundant cytoplasm. The ... See full document