Calciphylaxis, beware the ophthalmic mimic: A case series.

Clinical nephrology. Case studies Pub Date : 2023-12-12 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5414/CNCS111088

Chelsea Guymer, Sadia Jahan, Bobak Bahrami, David Sia, Bee Qung Tan, Stephen McDonald, Sumu Simon

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Abstract

Purpose: We present two atypical cases of calciphylaxis presenting with ocular ischemic pathology - both without the hallmark cutaneous manifestations - to raise awareness of this rare yet highly disabling condition.

Observations: We report two cases of ophthalmic calciphylaxis presenting as (1) anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and cilioretinal artery occlusion in a 76-year-old woman with pre-dialysis kidney failure, and (2) AION with contralateral central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in a 44-year-old man on hemodialysis.

Conclusion and importance: These cases highlight the need for judicious clinical suspicion of calciphylaxis in patients with kidney failure, presenting with microvascular ischemic ophthalmic pathology such as AION or CRAO. Confirmation with temporal artery biopsy is essential to direct targeted individualized multi-disciplinary treatment of calciphylaxis and avoid unnecessary steroid exposure in cases masquerading as giant cell arteritis (GCA).

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钙化性紫癜，小心眼科疑似病例：病例系列。

目的：我们报告了两例表现为眼部缺血性病变的非典型钙铁病病例--两例病例均无标志性皮肤表现--以提高人们对这种罕见但高度致残性疾病的认识：观察结果：我们报告了两例眼部钙睫症病例，表现为：(1) 一名76岁的肾衰竭透析前妇女的前部缺血性视神经病变（AION）和睫状体视网膜动脉闭塞；(2) 一名44岁的血液透析男性的AION和对侧视网膜中央动脉闭塞（CRAO）：这些病例突出表明，临床上需要对肾衰竭患者伴有微血管缺血性眼部病变（如 AION 或 CRAO）的钙血症进行审慎的怀疑。通过颞动脉活检进行确诊至关重要，可指导对钙化病进行有针对性的个体化多学科治疗，并避免在伪装成巨细胞动脉炎（GCA）的病例中不必要地接触类固醇。

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