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Case Reports
. 2016 May 9:24:30.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.30.8814. eCollection 2016.

[Improvement of tumoral calcinosis of the right hand after parathyroidectomy in a patient on chronic hemodialysis]

[Article in French]
Jaouad El Maghraoui  1 , Mohamed Hammou  2 , Nadia Kabbali  1 , Mohamed Arrayhani  1 , Tariq Sqalli Houssaini  1
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[Improvement of tumoral calcinosis of the right hand after parathyroidectomy in a patient on chronic hemodialysis]

[Article in French]
Jaouad El Maghraoui et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Periarticular tissue calcifications are common in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis. We report the case of a patient on chronic hemodialysis for 10 years with significant improvement of isolated pseudotumoral calcinosis of the right hand after parathyroidectomy The aim of this study was to show the impact of parathyroidectomy on pseudotumoral calcinosis.

Les calcifications des tissus péri articulaires sont fréquentes chez les insuffisants rénaux chroniques en hémodialyse. Nous rapportons le cas d'un hémodialysé chronique depuis 10 ans qui a présenté une calcinose pseudo tumorale isolé à la main droite nettement améliorée après para thyroïdectomie. A travers cette observation, nous montrons l'impact du para thyroïdectomie sur la calcinose pseudo tumorale.

Keywords: Patient on chronic hemodialysis; calcinosis; hyperparathyroidism; parathyroidectomy.

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Figure 1
Calcinose pseudotumorale de la main droite avant parathyroïdectomie
Figure 2
Figure 2
Radiographie standard des deux mains objectivant une calcinose pseudotumorale de la main droite avant par thyroïdectomie
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Figure 3
Régression de la calcinose pseudo tumorale de la main droite quatre mois après para thyroïdectomie
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Figure 4
Radiographie standard objectivant la régression de la calcinose pseudo tumorale de la main droite quatre mois après para thyroïdectomie
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