A rare but serious medical condition where calcium salts abnormally deposit in soft tissues, blood vessels, and skin, often occurring in kidney disease patients.
From Latin 'calcis' (calcium) + Greek 'phylaxis' (protection). The medical term was created in the 1960s to describe this pathological process of calcium accumulation.
Calciphylaxis is nicknamed 'the disease that kills from the outside in'—calcium deposits create dead zones in skin and tissue that can lead to amputation, making it one of modern medicine's cruelest puzzles!
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