We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by systemic tumoral calcinosis. A 54-year-old woman experienced hand numbness that persisted for nine months. She had no family history or medical problem. A plain radiograph of her right wrist showed a calcified mass on the volar side of the wrist joint. The patient also experienced pain in her contralateral wrist joint and both right and left...

INTRODUCTION Dystrophic calcifications are the most common subtype of skin calcinosis. Tumorous soft tissue calcium deposits usually contain hydroxyapatite and amorphous calcium phosphate. Differential diagnosis of skin calcinosis encompasses Thibierge-Weissenbach syndrome, systemic sclerosis, scleroderma, CREST syndrome (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly a...

OBJECTIVE To establish whether diltiazem reduces subcutaneous calcinosis (SCC) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), and whether this calcinosis is related to other signs or symptoms. METHODS 47 patients with SSc were evaluated and divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of SCC. RESULTS Among the 12 patients with SCC who were treated with diltiazem and had sequenti...

of the skin folds of her face and a lack of ability to open her mouth. Her limbs showed sclerodactyly and isolated telangiectases (Fig. 1a). She had positive anticentromere antibody. She was evaluated because of dysphagia with solids, pyrosis and regurgitation. The esophageal manometry showed a hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter and peristaltic waves of low amplitude in the body of the esop...

Tumoral calcinosis is a rare benign condition, characterized by calcium deposition in the soft tissue in extra-articular location which progresses toward a tumoral form. It can be primary or secondary to chronic renal insufficiency. We report a new case of tumoral calcinosis in a 27 years old young man. This patient with renal failure secondary to a malformative uropathy over a period of 15 yea...