Miliary nodules

Oxalate crystal arthropathy Deposition of oxalate crystals in joints can cause acute and chronic pathological changes in many joints, the most commonly involving the knee and hand joints, and other joints, such as the wrist, ankle, foot joint, and tendon sheath The joint capsule lesions have also been reported frequently. Patients treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis due to renal failure can also develop oxalate deposition of the disc, which often results in the destruction and degeneration of the disc. The deposition of oxalate crystals in other tissues can also lead to the following consequences: local necrosis due to inadequate blood supply, myocardial disease or cardiac block, miliary nodules due to subcutaneous deposition, peripheral neuropathy, and impaired regeneration Anemia.

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