Anarchic Deposits: The Intersection of Calciphylaxis and Hemochromatosis, A Case Report
Calciphylaxis is a rare disease occurring in usually obese women around the age of 40 years
subject to hemodialysis. It can be prevented by controlling drug intake and biological markers.
However, when installed it is irreversible and lethal.
We report the case of a very young woman victim of non-observation
with very deleterious consequence of Calciphylaxis.
We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital because of epistaxis and digital necrosis. The patient was seen at our hospital 4 times since the age of 10.
She had been diagnosed with Fanconi syndrome after a renal biopsy was done in 2001 for hypocalcemia,
high PTH level and rachistism.
Since then she had a hemodialysis 3 times a week. The patient reported many episodes of epistaxis,
menorrhagia which were due to low platelets.
Many investigations were done and a fibrotic medulla was diagnosed.
Meanwhile, she received many platelet and red blood cells transfusions
to recover from her severe anemia.
Her last admission o this hospital was in February 2011 for severe
hemorrhage after which she continued her medical treatment at a peripheral hospital.
Few months before her actual admission, the patient complained of a progressive dyspnea which was getting worse even on rest. She noted a loss of weight of 10 kg in 9 months and a loss of hearing with otorrhagia. She had as well digital necrosis with rapid progression and firm masses on both her right shoulder and right knee.
Intern Med Open J. 2017; 1(1): 20-24. doi: 10.17140/IMOJ-1-105
