Recuperation of severe tumoral calcinosis in a dialysis patient: A case report
Lukas Westermann, Lisa K Isbell, Marie K Breitenfeldt, Frederic Arnold, Elvira Röthele, Johanna Schneider, Eugen Widmeier
Lukas Westermann, Frederic Arnold, Elvira Röthele, Johanna Schneider, Eugen Widmeier, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
Lisa K Isbell, Department of Medicine I, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79106, Germany
Marie K Breitenfeldt, Dialysis Center Freiburg, Freiburg 79100, Germany
Author contributions: Westermann L, Isbell LK, Breitenfeldt MK, Arnold F, Röthele E, Schneider J and Widmeier E were involved in the patient’s medical care; Westermann L, Breitenfeldt MK and Widmeier E gathered detailed clinical information and analyzed data; Widmeier E and Westermann L wrote the paper; Widmeier E conceived of and directed the project; The manuscript was critically reviewed by all authors.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was given in writing by the patient featured in this publication.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Eugen Widmeier, MD, Senior Research Fellow, Staff Physician, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg 79106, Germany. eugen.widmeier@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Received: August 20, 2019
Peer-review started: August 20, 2019
First decision: September 23, 2019
Revised: October 6, 2019
Accepted: October 15, 2019
Article in press: October 15, 2019
Published online: December 6, 2019
