WSI23-111-Case-2

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WSI23-111-Case-2
Case #2 - The patient is a 76-year-old nondiabetic female who presents for evaluation of a new right calf which was noted to have developed approximately one month prior. She described waking one morning to see a large, raised and tender blister. She is not taking coumadin. Relevant laboratory results: Creatinine 0.88 mg/dL (reference interval 0.6-1.50 mg/dL), calcium 9.2 mg/dL (reference interval 8.5-10.5 mg/dL). Phosphate and PTH were not determined. On exam, she has an approximately 1 cm x 1.5 cm pink slightly scaly patch on the anteromedial right shin (see clinical photograph #2). A punch biopsy is performed.
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December 31, 1969 7:00:00 PM