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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Recurrent Inflammatory State due to Severe Periarticular Calcifications in a Patient on Hemodialysis: A Case Report.

Janis Timsans, Mari Vilpakka, Niilo Lusila, Markku Kauppi

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Janis TimsansDepartment of Rheumatology Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Päijät-Häme Lahti Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-0412
Mari VilpakkaDepartment of Nephrology Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Päijät-Häme Lahti Finland.
Niilo LusilaDepartment of Radiology Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Päijät-Häme Lahti Finland.
Markku KauppiDepartment of Rheumatology Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Päijät-Häme Lahti Finland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report highlights a severe manifestation of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) in a hemodialysis patient: periarticular calcifications causing recurrent inflammation mimicking infection. Diagnostics excluded infections and autoimmune disorders, identifying CKD-MBD as the cause. Low-dose prednisolone effectively mitigated inflammation, reducing hospitalizations.

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CKD‐MBDhemodialysisperiarticular calcificationsystemic inflammationuremic tumoral calcinosis

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PMID39967841
PMCPMC11832909

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