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Warfarin-induced calciphylaxis
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  1. Muhsen Al-ani1,2,
  2. Konstantinos Parperis3
  1. 1Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  2. 2University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  3. 3Department of Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center and University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Muhsen Al-ani, dr.muhsenalani{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-214142

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    A 76-year-old woman, with a history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation, was admitted to our hospital for sepsis secondary to necrotic skin lesions. The patient had a 6-month history of non-healing necrotic skin ulcers affecting her lower extremities. She reported that her symptoms had begun 1 month after she had started taking warfarin 5 mg daily for atrial fibrillation. The lesions first started as blisters, which then burst and became painful ulcers. The patient was then …

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