POEMS syndrome and calciphylaxis: an unrecognized cause of abnormal small vessel calcification

Calciphylaxis is a syndrome consisting of vascular calcification, thrombosis, and skin necrosis. The syndrome develops often in chronic hemodialysis patients. However, there have been several case reports on c...

Source: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases - April 12, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Nobuyuki Araki, Sonoko Misawa, Kazumoto Shibuya, Satoshi Ota, Takashi Oide, Asuka Kawano, Minako Beppu, Yukio Nakatani and Satoshi Kuwabara Source Type: research