522 Ann Dermatol Received November 15, 2012, Revised January 25, 2013, Accepted for publication January 28, 2013 Corresponding author: Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Allergy Center for West Denmark, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Health: Aarhus University, Building 2b, Nørrebrogade 44, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: 45-78462107, Fax: 45-78462110, E-mail: hans.jurgen.hoffmann @ki.au.dk This is an Ope...

Tumoral calcinosis is an uncommon disorder causing single or multiple circumscribed calcified masses in periarticular connective tissue. Lesions are common around hip, elbow and shoulder joints. Right subscapular region is a relative uncommon location for tumoral calcinosis. Here we report a case of chronic renal failure under hemodialysis for 10 years. The patient complained a growing mass at ...

We recently described (Arch Ophthalmol 1988; 106:725-6) the presence of unique calcific lesions in the eyelids of a young woman with a history of hyperphosphatemic tumoral calcinosis. Here we document that no immediate family members showed similar lesions and that none was hyperphosphatemic. Dental roentgenography revealed characteristic abnormalities in the patient that confirmed the clinical...

We describe a case of a 40-year-old female patient presenting with tumor calcinosis where hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) was suspected given her extensive history of malignancy. Plain X-rays did not show reveal the typical periarticular calcification but did show appearances consistent with HPOA. Bone scintigraphy with (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) is a sensitive investi...

Abstract Background/Aims Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare and progressive connective tissue disease that more common in women the third to fifth decades of life children. Calcinosis cutis, deposition calcium deposits within subcutaneous tissue, remains challenging non-lethal complication SSc. The development calcinosis cutis poorly understood area there are no functional mouse models or labor...

Calcinosis in CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome can affect the spinal and paraspinal areas. We present the first case to our knowledge where a CREST syndrome patient required surgery for spinal calcinosis in both the cervical and lumbar areas. A 66-year-old female with a history of CREST syndrome presented with right-sid...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION Calcinosis is a well-documented manifestation seen in up to 40% of patients with juvenile dermatomyositis. It is an uncommon feature in adult-onset dermatomyositis. 1 We present a rare occurrence of calcinosis with unusual distribution in a 51-year-old male. 18-months after diagnosis, our patient was seen in clinic following an episode of cellulitis. His muscle weakness and s...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION An 87-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fi brillation, and mixed connective tissue disease was admitted to hospital because of heart failure. Besides clinical signs of ventricular dysfunction, physical examination showed painless, subcutaneous nodules that had developed during the past 10 years on her left elbow ( fi gure 1A ) and knees ( fi gure 1B , righ...

BACKGROUND Calcinosis cutis is the cutaneous deposition of calcium salts. Tumoral Calcinosis is a condition consisting of massive subcutaneous deposits of calcium salts often overlying large joints in otherwise healthy patients. OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of a series of patients with Tumoral Calcinosis in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia. METHODOLOGY Data was collected fro...