INTRAVASCULAR CALCIUM DEPOSITS IN A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT - LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS

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HAMOUDI, AC [1 ]
SINGLEY, CT [1 ]
TEITELBAUM, DH [1 ]
THORNTON, DJ [1 ]
BRONER, CW [1 ]
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[1] CHILDRENS HOSP,DEPT PEDIAT SURG,COLUMBUS,OH
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R446 [实验室诊断]; R-33 [实验医学、医学实验];
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We describe a case of a 2-year-old girl with an unusual finding of amorphous hematoxyphilic substance in the pulmonary and myocardial vascular lumina. The patient had a prolonged history of intestinal obstruction necessitating extended periods of total parenteral nutrition. The patient terminally had hypercalcemia with levels reaching 4.63 mmol/L. The intravascular substance stains strongly positive for calcium, and weakly positive for fibrin. Electron microscopy shows that the substance has a distinctive configuration suggestive of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals.
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