Tumoral calcinosis of the spine in the course of systemic sclerosis: report of a new case and review of the literature

Domenico Sambataro; Gianluca Sambataro; Eleonora Zaccara; Wanda Maglione; Claudio Vitali; Nicoletta Del Papa

Tumoral calcinosis of the spine in the course of systemic sclerosis: report of a new case and review of the literature

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;33(4 Suppl 91):S175-8. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

Authors

Domenico Sambataro¹, Gianluca Sambataro², Eleonora Zaccara², Wanda Maglione², Claudio Vitali³, Nicoletta Del Papa²

Affiliations

¹ Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy. d.sambataro@hotmail.it.
² Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy.
³ Rheumatology Section, Istituto San Giuseppe, Como, Italy.

PMID: 26242389

Abstract

We report here a case of a 62-year-old Caucasian woman, suffering from diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc), who developed a tumoural calcinosis (TC) localised in the left side of the neck around the cervical spine that caused severe pain and motion impairment, without involvement of regional neurological structures. A review of the literature on this issue (based on PubMed database) allowed us to identify 35 previously described cases of TC in para-vertebral area in the course of SSc. The main characteristics of these patients have been summarised.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Biopsy
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / etiology*
Calcinosis / physiopathology
Calcinosis / surgery
Cervical Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae* / pathology
Cervical Vertebrae* / physiopathology
Cervical Vertebrae* / surgery
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neck Pain / etiology
Range of Motion, Articular
Scleroderma, Diffuse / complications*
Scleroderma, Diffuse / diagnosis
Spinal Diseases / diagnosis
Spinal Diseases / etiology*
Spinal Diseases / physiopathology
Spinal Diseases / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome