1. Penile calciphylaxis in a patient with end-stage renal disease: a case report and review of the literature
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Tao Yeuan Wang, Fang Ju Sun, Yu Hsin Chen, Allen W. Chiu, Marcelo Chen, and Ti Yuan Yang
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Penile gangrene ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,End stage renal disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,penile calciphylaxis ,medicine ,penectomy ,Gangrene ,Calciphylaxis ,end-stage renal disease ,Penectomy ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,penile gangrene ,medicine.disease ,Comorbidity ,Surgery ,microcalcification ,Medicine ,Hemodialysis ,business ,Regular Articles - Abstract
Penile calciphylaxis is a rare cause of penile gangrene that presents in patients with end-stage renal disease. The rates of comorbidity and mortality of penile calciphylaxis are extremely high. Unlike other penile gangrene, such as Fournier’s gangrene, the benefit of aggressive surgical therapy is controversial. Here we present a case of penile calciphylaxis in a 43-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. He received total penectomy but died due to multisystem complications 2 weeks after surgery. We review the literature on the management options and outcomes in patients with penile calciphylaxis.
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- 2018
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