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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 7;4(4):396-398.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.01.011. eCollection 2018 May.

Maggot therapy for calciphylaxis wound debridement complicated by bleeding

Allen F Shih  1 , Alicia J Little  1   2 , Gauri Panse  2   3 , Junjie Liu  4 , Gloria Yiu  4 , H Klar Yaggi  1   4 , Amanda Zubek  1   2
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Maggot therapy for calciphylaxis wound debridement complicated by bleeding

Allen F Shih et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: STS, sodium thiosulfate; bleeding; calciphylaxis; debridement; maggot therapy.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Greater than 20 cm retiform purpuric plaques with central necrotic eschar and surrounding indurated stellate red-brown plaques with peau d'orange on the left thigh.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Excisional biopsy from the left thigh shows calcium deposits (blue arrows) in blood vessels and between adipocytes consistent with calciphylaxis. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain; original magnification: ×200.)
Fig 3
Fig 3
The right lateral thigh before (left) and after 24 hours of maggot therapy (right), showing a 3-cm-deep concavity (blue arrow) and palpably hollowed eschar.
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