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Calciphylaxis causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Causes

Causes

  • The cause is not known. It does not seem to be an immune type reaction. In other words, calciphylaxis is not only a hypersensitivity reaction (= allergic reaction) leading to sudden local calcification. Clearly, additional factors are involved in calciphylaxis. It possibly could be described as calcific uraemic arteriolopathy.
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism may sometimes cause calciphylaxis.[1]
References

References

  1. Barbur MA, Kurjak M, Becker K (1997). “[Systematic calciphylaxis in chronic renal failure: fulminant course after kidney transplantation]”. Pathologe (in German). 18 (6): 453–8. PMID 9451734.


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