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Caseous Peripheral Medial Arterial Calcification With Inflammation and Luminal Occlusion.

Key takeaways

This is a case report about one man with kidney failure. He had a rare type of calcium buildup in his leg artery. It blocked blood flow and led to amputation. This is a single story, not a large study with results.

Who did this work

Hamana T (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.) · Liu IH (Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.) · Gilyazov R (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.) · Kawakami R (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.) · Madra A (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.) · Finn AV (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.) · Conte MS (Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.) · Virmani R (CVPath Institute, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].)

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-17
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.110338