[Idiopathic arterial calcification in infancy. A literature review and presentation of one case (author's transl)]

An Esp Pediatr. 1982 Feb;16(2):157-62.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A 26 days old male newborn, developing cardiac insufficiency followed by death, is reported. Necropsy revealed broadly spread calcifications with severe affectation to the coronary arteries. No justifying cause to those calcifications was found. Literature is reviewed, and the current state of knowledge of this uncommon disease's etiology and pathogeny is questioned.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Cardiomegaly / etiology
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Coronary Disease / pathology*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases / pathology*
  • Male