Arteriolar vs. valvular thrombosis: Pick your evil!

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  Fig. 1. This demonstrates a typical skin lesion secondary to calciphylaxis. Note the necrosis of the ulceration and the development of eschar. The red arrow points to the border of the ulceration. The blue arrow demonstrates the eschar. Printed under the permission of Dermnetnz.org

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  Fig. 2. A hematoxylin and eosin stain of a calciphylaxis ulceration revealing calcification of the small and medium-sized vessels (blue arrow). There is evidence of perivascular and interstitial calcifications (green arrow). Hemorrhagic lipid necrosis of the adipocytes may also be seen as presented in this image (red arrow). Printed under the permission of Dermnetnz.org