Calciphylaxis: Case report and treatment review

We present the case of a 57-year-old white woman with chronic renal failure as well as severely painful, firm, indurated plaques on the thighs and low er extremities. The plaques progressed to involve larger areas with associa ted local ulceration and necrosis. Laboratory testing revealed hyperparathy roidism, and incisional biopsy confirmed calcifying panniculitis.