Treatment of a patient with inoperable tumoral calcinosis associated with end stage kidney disease: A case report

We describe a case of severe symptomatic tumoral calcinosis in a young man with end stage kidney disease secondary to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis with longstanding hyperphosphatemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism while on several years of peritoneal dialysis. The use of intravenous sodium thiosulfate, optimization of clearance with five times weekly hemodialysis, and intradialytic nutrition were used to treat his inoperable tumoral calcinosis. Over 3 months, he had a remarkable reduction in the size of his calcified masses and associated improvement in pain. He subsequently received a living donor kidney transplant.