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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Calciphylaxis due to metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Summia Matin Afridi, Ahmad Raja, Xia Zhou, Akriti Jain

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Summia Matin AfridiInternal Medicine, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2907-1024
Ahmad RajaInternal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Xia ZhouInternal Medicine, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Akriti JainInternal Medicine, Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA.
AdventHealth Orlando · USSaint Francis University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 70-year-old man with history of metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma was presented to the hospital with a painful left lower extremity ulcer which started around 3 months prior to presentation. He was treated with antibiotics for cellulitis on multiple occasions with no improvement in his symptoms. On initial laboratory evaluation, he was found to have acute kidney injury and a normal calcium level. The patient underwent a skin biopsy and was found to have cellulitis and calciphylaxis of small-sized and medium-sized vessels. Since the patient did not have any underlying risk factors of calciphylaxis, the most likely cause of his calciphylaxis was thought to be his underlying malignancy. Physicians should keep this differential in mind while treating non-healing ulcers in such patients since they are at higher risk of superimposed infections and usually require aggressive wound care.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryAgedCalciphylaxisCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineHumansLeg UlcerMaledermatologyendocrine cancerinfectionsskin

Identifiers

PMID31471365
PMCPMC6720568
OpenAlexW2970644753

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