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01-11-2020 | Panniculitis | Case Report

Concomitant calciphylaxis and COVID-19 associated thrombotic retiform purpura

Authors: Jessica A. Rotman, Kathryn E. Dean, Cynthia Magro, Gerard Nuovo, Roger J. Bartolotta

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 11/2020

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Abstract

While initial reports regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) focused on its pulmonary manifestations, more recent literature describes multisystem abnormalities related to its associated microvascular angiopathy. Calciphylaxis is a rare systemic condition characterized by tissue necrosis in the setting of systemic microvascular calcifications. Both COVID-19 and calciphylaxis are procoagulant diagnoses associated with vascular-mediated cutaneous findings. To our knowledge, this is the first report to document the coexistence of COVID-19 associated retiform thrombotic purpura and calciphylaxis in a single patient, to link the pathologic etiologies of the two entities, and to describe the concomitant diagnoses’ associated radiologic findings.
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Metadata
Title
Concomitant calciphylaxis and COVID-19 associated thrombotic retiform purpura
Authors
Jessica A. Rotman
Kathryn E. Dean
Cynthia Magro
Gerard Nuovo
Roger J. Bartolotta
Publication date
01-11-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-020-03579-6

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