El Parmaklarına Lokalize İdyopatik Kalsinozis Kutis

Calcinosis cutis is an uncommon disorder characterized by deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin. Based on the etiology of the deposition calcinosis cutis may be devided into four major groups namely metastatic, dystrophic, idiopathic, and iatrogenic. The pathophysiology of calcinosis cutis remains unclear. The dystrophic form is the most common whereas the idiopathic one is the rarest. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis occurs in the absence of any identifiable causes and is not associated with drug use. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis has two major types called localized (circumscript) and generalized (universalis). Localized type generally involves the vulva, scrotum, penis and breast. A definitive diagnosis requires the histologic demonstration of the accumulation of calcium in the skin and exclusion of other clinic types.There is not an effective treatment for the disease. A 47-year-old woman referred to our outpatient clinic for painless, yellowish-white nodules on her hand enduring for 30 years. A diagnosis of idiopathic calcinosis cutis was made by clinical and histological findings. We present this case because localization of lesions in our case was previously unreported in the literature to our knowledge