Abstract
Tumoral calcinosis of buttock in a patient with end stage kidney disease on haemodialysis
Highlights
Patients with End-stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) on renal replacement therapy (RRT) are at high risk of extraosseous metastatic calcifications at multiple sites, which includes widespread arterial calcification, cardiac valvular calcification, and soft tissues calcium deposits
Vascular calcification was noted in the pelvis [2] (Figure 1)
She is on 4 hours 3 times a week HD with dialysis clearance within the target range
Summary
Patients with End-stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) on renal replacement therapy (RRT) are at high risk of extraosseous metastatic calcifications at multiple sites, which includes widespread arterial calcification, cardiac valvular calcification, and soft tissues calcium deposits. A 71-year-old female patient with ESKD secondary to systemic sclerosis on hemodialysis (HD) for last four years, presents with progressively increasing soft tissue swellings involving, both her buttocks over last one year.
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