Successful Treatment of Lung Calciphylaxis With Sodium Thiosulfate in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report

Calciphylaxis is a small vessel vasculopathy, characterized by medial wall calcification that develops in a few patients with chronic renal failure. The prognosis of skin calciphylaxis has improved considerably since the introduction of sodium thiosulfate (STS), but it remains unclear whether this t...

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Main Authors: Arrestier, Romain, Dudreuilh, Caroline, Remy, Philippe, Boulahia, Ghada, Bentaarit, Bouteina, Leibler, Claire, Adedjouma, Amir, Kofman, Tomek, Matignon, Marie, Sahali, Dil, Dufresne, Roger, Deux, Jean-Francois, Colin, Charlotte, Grimbert, Philippe, Lang, Philippe, Bartolucci, Pablo, Maitre, Bernard, Tran Van Nhieu, Jeanne, Audard, Vincent
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753925/