Recurrent Inflammatory State due to Severe Periarticular Calcifications in a Patient on Hemodialysis: A Case Report

Abstract

ABSTRACT This report highlights a severe manifestation of chronic kidney disease‐mineral and bone disorder (CKD‐MBD) in a hemodialysis patient: periarticular calcifications causing recurrent inflammation mimicking infection. Diagnostics excluded infections and autoimmune disorders, identifying CKD‐MBD as the cause. Low‐dose prednisolone effectively mitigated inflammation, reducing hospitalizations.

Keywords

• CKD‐MBD
• hemodialysis
• periarticular calcification
• systemic inflammation
• uremic tumoral calcinosis