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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
The cause is not known. It does not seem to be an immune type reaction. In other words, calciphylaxis is not only a hypersensitivity reaction (= allergic reaction) leading to sudden local calcification. Clearly, additional factors are involved in calciphylaxis. It possibly could be described as calcific uraemic arteriolopathy. | *The cause is not known. It does not seem to be an immune type reaction. In other words, calciphylaxis is not only a hypersensitivity reaction (= allergic reaction) leading to sudden local calcification. Clearly, additional factors are involved in calciphylaxis. It possibly could be described as calcific uraemic arteriolopathy. | ||
*[[Hyperparathyroidism|Secondary hyperparathyroidism]] may sometimes cause calciphylaxis.<ref name="pmid9451734">{{cite journal |vauthors=Barbur MA, Kurjak M, Becker K |title=[Systematic calciphylaxis in chronic renal failure: fulminant course after kidney transplantation] |language=German |journal=Pathologe |volume=18 |issue=6 |pages=453–8 |year=1997 |pmid=9451734 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Causes
- The cause is not known. It does not seem to be an immune type reaction. In other words, calciphylaxis is not only a hypersensitivity reaction (= allergic reaction) leading to sudden local calcification. Clearly, additional factors are involved in calciphylaxis. It possibly could be described as calcific uraemic arteriolopathy.
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism may sometimes cause calciphylaxis.[1]