Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy: a case with prolonged survival

Pediatr Nephrol. 1990 May;4(3):233-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00857661.

Abstract

We describe a patient with idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy and the following unusual features of the disease: (1) prolonged survival until age 11 years, (2) discordance between the extent of vascular calcification and clinical manifestations of arterial luminal occlusion, (3) a large area of myocardial calcification, (4) symptoms of cerebral-vascular insufficiency, and (5) spontaneous resolution of hypertension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / genetics*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathies / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed