Calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a rare vascular disease caused by deposition of calcium salts in vessel walls, accompanied by coagulation disorders, which leads to extensive skin ulceration and soft tissue necrosis. Typical cases of calciphylaxis are usually described in patients with renal failure, though it is currently known that approx. 1/10th of all cases stem from other causes, including systemic inflammation, metabolic disorders and endocrine disorders. This article shows an overview of the most important pathophysiological phenomena which accompany calciphylaxis, characterizes the clinical picture of the disease and presents available approaches to therapeutic management.
The EMerging EULAR NETwork (EMEUNET) arose in 2009 to fulfil EULAR's aims: "Bring on board high-quality, young-generation contributors in all EULAR activities". The Section of Young Rheumatologists of the Polish Society of Rheumatology was set up in 2012 to integrate medical doctors below the age of 45 years who are specializing or have already specialized in rheumatology as well as internal medicine and paediatrics residents who plan to enter rheumatology training.The Section aims to provide opportunities of professional and scientific development, skill improvement, exchange of experience, collaborative organization of scientific meetings, conferences, and courses, and collaboration with early career sections of other medical specializations.The Working Group of the Section, comprising doctors from different parts of Poland, helps recognize and solve challenges that young doctors face in everyday practice. The Board of the Section of Young Rheumatologists changed in 2017, and in 2018 another edition of a competition for EULAR 2018 in Amsterdam was held. The winners of the "early career researchers" and "practicing physician" categories were therefore able to take part in the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Amsterdam 2018. In the same year, a couple of representatives of our Young Rheumatologists Section were invited to the Szczecin-Poznan Rheumatology Meeting in Kołobrzeg; they gave lectures and ran a quiz. Again in 2018, and thanks to the sponsors and kind attitude of Górnośląskie Centrum Medyczne (the Leszek Giec Upper-Silesian Medical Centre) in Katowice, the members of the Section of Young Rheumatologists participated in an ultrasound workshop capturing specific ultrasound views of hand and elbow joint. Other members of the Section gave lectures during the 2018 Central European Congress of Rheumatology. In December 2018, a sponsor helped organize the 2 nd Central European Forum of
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