TITLE: 
                        
                            A Case Report: Calciphylaxis Presenting as Digital Ischemia in Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease on Peritoneal Dialysis
                                
                                
                                    AUTHORS: 
                                            Hatoon Abbas, Manal Alotaibi, Ralph J. Lebron 
                                                    
                                                        KEYWORDS: 
                        Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy, Calciphylaxis, ESKD, PD, HD 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        JOURNAL NAME: 
                        Open Journal of Nephrology,  
                        Vol.9 No.2, 
                        May
                                                        27,
                        2019
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        ABSTRACT: Calciphylaxis also known as Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a fatal disease with high mortality that mostly affects patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis. In recent years the incidence of CUA has been increasing among patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). The exact mechanism and risk factors are not well described.