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Penile calciphylaxis in a patient with end-stage renal disease: a case report and review of the literature
Penile calciphylaxis in a patient with end-stage renal disease: a case report and review of the literature
- Source :
- Open Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 158-163 (2018), Open Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018.
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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.
- Subjects :
- 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
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- ISSN :
- 23915463
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Open Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ffb0c15611d44a61752e3f6e7fa880dc
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0025