Background: Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) is a cutaneous disease with ulcerations secondary to calcification of cutaneous and subcutaneous small arteries and arterioles. It is a rare but severe disease with significant morbidity and mortality affecting 1 to 4% of dialysis patients. The circumstances of occurrence are multiple.
Case: We report the case of a severe bilateral lower limb calciphylaxis in a 69-year-old, obese, hemodialysis patient with a recent diagnosis of Graves' disease complicated with hypercalcemia and cardiac arrhythmia requiring the use of vitamin K antagonist. Complex and multidisciplinary therapeutic management (daily hemodialysis, sodium thiosulfate therapy, treatment of hypercalcemia by denosumab, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, meshed skin autograft) allowed complete healing of the lesions.
Conclusion: This is the first description of AUC secondary to hyperthyroidism in a dialysis patient. Multidisciplinary care is essential to achieve clinical improvement in those critical situations.
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