28 October 2021
: Case report 
Hemodialysis Patient with Diffuse Liver Calcification After Septic Shock
Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Kanako Hayashi12ABCDEF, Mineaki Kitamura12BDEF*, Hideshi Tomura12B, Kosei Yamaguchi12BDE, Tayo Kawazu1B, Kenji Sawase3B, Takashi Harada1ABCD, Tatsuki Ichikawa4D, Takahiro Takazono5BDE, Satoshi Funakoshi1BDE, Hiroshi Mukae5D, Tomoya Nishino2DDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933386
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933386
Table 1. Previously reported cases of patients undergoing hemodialysis with diffuse liver calcification.
| Case | Age | Sex | Causes of renal failure | Dialysis vintage | Clinical background | AST | ALT | ALP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | M | CGN | 9 years | Septic shock | 6465 | 735 | 220 |
| 2 | 47 | M | BNS | 1 week | Cardiac arrest | >10000 | >10000 | NA |
| 3 | 31 | F | Ns | 3 years | Cardiogenic shock | 9232 | 3520 | NA |
| 4 | 60 | F | MPA | 3 months | Hemorrhagic shock | NA | NA | NA |
| 5 | 74 | F | CGN | 5 months | Hemorrhagic shock | 11020 | 4711 | NA |
| 6 | 66 | M | UNK | 2 days | AMI | 2797 | 935 | 565 |
| This case | 82 | F | DMN | 4 months | Septic shock | 1832 | 725 | 883 |
| AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; ALP – alkaline phosphatase; LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; CK – creatine kinase; cCa – corrected calcium; P – phosphorus; PTH – parathyroid hormone; Ref – reference; M – Male; F – Female; CGN – chronic glomerular nephritis; BNS – benign nephrosclerosis; Ns – nephrosis; MPA – microscopic polyangiitis; UNK – unknown; AMI – acute myocardial infarction; DMN – diabetic nephropathy; NA – not available. | ||||||||
| Case | LDH | CK | cCa | P | PTH | Outcome | Ref | |
| 1 | 11600 | 679 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 130 | Death | []9 | |
| 2 | NA | NA | 8.5 | 18.5 | NA | Recovered | []10 | |
| 3 | 8230 | 86 | 7.9 | 11.6 | NA | Death | []11 | |
| 4 | NA | NA | 8.8 | 3.3 | NA | Death | []12 | |
| 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Death | []13 | |
| 6 | 396 | NA | 7.9 | 6.4 | NA | Recovered | []14 | |
| This case | 1348 | 101 | 8.8 | 7.3 | NA | Death | ||
| AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; ALP – alkaline phosphatase; LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; CK – creatine kinase; cCa – corrected calcium; P – phosphorus; PTH – parathyroid hormone; Ref – reference; M – Male; F – Female; CGN – chronic glomerular nephritis; BNS – benign nephrosclerosis; Ns – nephrosis; MPA – microscopic polyangiitis; UNK – unknown; AMI – acute myocardial infarction; DMN – diabetic nephropathy; NA – not available. | ||||||||