Rapid-onset myocardial calcifications, a rare complication of septic shock in a young patient. A case report
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Tomography, X-ray computed, calcinosis, Cardiomyopathies, Sepsis, Shock, SepticAbstract
Myocardial calcifications in the setting of septic shock are a rarely described imaging finding. Most cases reported in the literature have been in patients with chronic disturbances in the homeostasis of intracellular calcium and phosphorus of any etiology. The case presented is that of a young patient with no history of cardiac, renal or metabolic disorders who developed myocardial calcifications acutely and was found incidentally through an in-hospital tomographic study, which was performed after a state of septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to a pneumonic process.
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