Open AccessTumoral calcinosis: case report
Author(s) -
Luca Ansaloni,
Fabio Falaschi,
E. Paz'e
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i3.9086
Subject(s) - tumoral calcinosis , calcinosis , medicine , calcification , etiology , soft tissue , pathology , disease
Tumoral calcinosis (TC) is a rare disease of obscure aetiology. In its classic form, it is characterised by solitary or multiple large foci of mineralisation in the soft tissue adjacent to the bone around large joints in the absence of disorders of calcium metabolism and visceral calcification. A case is presented of TC in a 75-year old Kenyan woman.