[Tumoral calcinosis in a white woman. Apropos of a case]

J Radiol. 1983 Jun-Jul;64(6-7):429-32.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A new of tumoral calcinosis is described in a 91 years old woman. It is a rare condition that affect almost always black subjects. This benign disease is characterised by progressive increase of subcutaneous calcified masses near larger joints. Only four cases were yet reported in a white female.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Chondrocalcinosis / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Radiography
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • White People