• Calcinosis cutis consists of deposition of calcium salts within the skin. (medicaljournals.se)
  • PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study was to provide updated information on the prevalence, pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapeutics of calcinosis cutis associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). (bvsalud.org)
  • SUMMARY: Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of insoluble calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. (bvsalud.org)
  • A 34-year-old woman with history of scleroderma (CREST variety-ie, calcinosis cutis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal motility disorder, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) developed dyspnea that worsened upon exertion. (medscape.com)
  • Calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia are early manifestations of the fulminant form of the disease. (oliviadiet.com)
  • 1. Ibrahim Montasser D, Issouani J, Hassani M, Kabbaj D. Tumoral calcinosis: Diffuse multifocal form in hemodialysis patients. (org.pk)
  • 2. Westermann L, Isbell LK, Breitenfeldt MK, Arnold F, Röthele E, Schneider J, Widmeier E. Recuperation of severe tumoral calcinosis in a dialysis patient: A case report. (org.pk)
  • Hyperphosphatemic Tumoral Calcinosis: A Classical Clinico-Radio-Scintigraphic Presentation. (org.pk)
  • Kadowaki M,Naito K, Tobita M, Kumahashi N, Kono M,Takao M:A case of symptomatic tumoral calcinosis on the great toe and review of the literature. (carifas.com)
  • Chest radiography is insensitive, since findings are abnormal in only two thirds of patients with pulmonary disease. (medscape.com)
  • X-ray screening of large groups of persons for diseases of the lung and heart by means of radiography of the chest. (lookformedical.com)
  • Chest radiography showed signs of lung fibrosis. (journalmc.org)
  • It is conditionally recommended that providers do not use 6-minute walk test distance, chest radiography, or bronchoscopy for screening or monitoring disease. (medscape.com)
  • Findings from the history, physical examination, chest radiography, and electrocardiography (ECG) may suggest the presence of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction. (medscape.com)
  • Soft-tissue calcification by deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals can be localized or multifocal, and small or extensive representing a tumoural mass known as tumoural calcinosis. (org.pk)
  • RECENT FINDINGS: Observational studies show ethnic and geographical differences in the prevalence of calcinosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patient was referred for skeletal scintigraphy after blood investigations and plain radiography. (org.pk)
  • Microscopic examination of scrapings or Renal cell carcinoma is detectable on plain considered to prevent osteoporosis, calcium citrate discharge with potassium hydroxide or Gram stain radiography and calcified ∼8-18% of the time. (findmedarticle.com)
  • We share an interesting image of the bone scan, in a patient with extensive renal tumoural calcinosis. (org.pk)
  • Long disease duration, features of vascular dysfunction and osteoporosis have been associated with calcinosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Renal tumoural calcinosis is rare, but the incidence is rising with increasing life expectancy due to dialysis. (org.pk)
  • CT is infrequently used in evaluating calcinosis cutis and primarily used in assessing tumoral calcinosis. (medscape.com)
  • The granulomatous foreign body reaction in tumoral calcinosis is evident. (medscape.com)
  • To report on the biochemistry and clinical and genetic findings of two siblings, the younger sister presenting with recurrent bone pain of the radius and ulna, and medullary sclerosis, and the older brother with soft tissue calcific deposits (tumoral calcinosis) but who later developed bone pain. (nih.gov)
  • 1. Tumoral calcinosis: report of a case and brief review of the literature. (nih.gov)
  • 2. Spontaneous regression of multiple tumoral calcinosis in a child. (nih.gov)
  • 3. Hyperphosphatemic tumoral calcinosis: a 10-year follow-up. (nih.gov)
  • 5. Tumoral calcinosis with dental manifestations--a case report. (nih.gov)
  • 6. Tumoral calcinosis: a case report. (nih.gov)
  • 7. Tumoral calcinosis--an unrecognized disease. (nih.gov)
  • 8. Infantile Tumoral Calcinosis. (nih.gov)
  • 9. Cutaneous manifestations of tumoral calcinosis. (nih.gov)
  • 10. Proposal for a pathogenesis-based classification of tumoral calcinosis. (nih.gov)
  • 12. Extensive tumoral calcinosis in a patient with systemic sclerosis. (nih.gov)
  • 13. [Familial tumoral calcinosis in three patients in the same family]. (nih.gov)
  • 15. Tumoral calcinosis: case report and review. (nih.gov)
  • 17. Tumoral calcinosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation. (nih.gov)
  • 18. Radiography and scintigraphy in tumoral calcinosis. (nih.gov)
  • 19. Tumoral calcinosis of the hand: three unusual cases with painful swelling of small joints. (nih.gov)
  • Calcinosis in systemic sclerosis. (stanford.edu)
  • Conventional radiography is the principal imaging study for assessment of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. (medscape.com)
  • Mounting evidence supports the use of various formulations of sodium thiosulfate in the treatment of calcinosis. (stanford.edu)
  • Children with ll rarely have well-organized tonic-clonic seizures may be due to calcinosis universalis in chronic adrenal insuffi-ciency often have a protocol to follow infection with intracellular gramnegative diplococci on gram-stained smear. (albionfoundation.org)
  • Moving forward together: collaborative landscapes of research in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and calcinosis. (stanford.edu)
  • RECENT FINDINGS: Observational studies show ethnic and geographical differences in the prevalence of calcinosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • this test is more sensitive than plain radiography. (medscape.com)
  • What are the primary tumor site plain radiography, as recoil from displacement prevents recognition of self-antigens by the change in paco by increasing minute ventilation, oxygen satu-ration by pulse oximetry, and endtidal co if the child and the potential for causing alterations in mental status c what are the. (albionfoundation.org)
  • Altered levels of inorganic pyrophosphate and fibroblast growth factor-23 have been implicated in dysregulated phosphate metabolism that may lead to calcinosis in SSc. (bvsalud.org)
  • Powerful vasodilators, such as prostacyclin analogs, may have promise in the treatment of calcinosis, but further studies are necessary. (stanford.edu)