Rapidly Progressive Nonuremic Calciphylaxis in Setting of Warfarin
A 63-year-old African American woman presented with multiple painful, violaceous, nodules on her lower extremities for the preceding three weeks. Her past medical history was notable for mechanical aortic valve replacement seven years prior, asthma, type 2 diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and obesity. Her home medications included warfarin, longstanding low-dose prednisone for severe asthma, calcium, atorvastatin, glipizide, metformin, insulin, ipratropium-albuterol, montelukast, omalizumab, losartan, metoprolol, torsemide, and omeprazole.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gordon H. Bae, Vinod E. Nambudiri, Daniel Q. Bach, John Danziger, Beverly Faulkner-Jones, Colm McMahon, Susan J. Huang Tags: Images in Dermatology Source Type: research
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