Synonym(s)
calcification of the skin; Calcinosis of the skin; cutaneous calcification; Cutaneous calcinosis
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Deposition of precipitated calcium salts (amorphous calcium phosphate with small amounts of calcium carbonate) in the dermis and subcutis.
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A distinction is made between:
- Metastaticcalcinosis (calcinosis metastatica)
- Dystrophic calcinosis(calcinosis dystrophica)
Remark: In the American literature the terms calcinosis metabolica, dystrophica and idiopathica are used synonymously. This seems to be a useful and pragmatic solution from a clinical point of view. Therefore, in this encyclopedia, these terms are listed individually, but are treated under the term "Calcinosis dystrophica".
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Calcium and phosphate ions are present in stable solution in the extracellular fluid. If the solubility point is exceeded, precipitation of hydroxyapatite occurs. Cause: Systemic (metastatic calcinosis) or local, by dystrophic local processes, e.g. alkalization, calcinosis metabolica. In metastatic calcinosis the serum calcium phosphate levels are pathological, in the dystrophic and metabolic form normal.
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More common in systemic scleroderma, for example, see CREST syndrome.
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Oxalosis of the skin
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
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- Larralde M et al (2003) Calcinosis cutis following liver transplantation in a pediatric patient. Pediatric Dermatol 20: 225-228
- Marzano AV et al (1999) Dystrophic calcinosis cutis in subacute lupus. Dermatology 198: 90-92
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- Salmhofer W et al (1995) Cutaneous calciphylaxis in chronic renal failure. Dermatologist 46: 726-731
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Calcinosis dystrophica localized; Calcinosis idiopathica; Calcinosis metabolica; Calcinosis metastatica; calcifying uremic arteriolopathy; metastatic calcinosis; Crest syndrome; Oxalosis; Scleroderma systemic;Disclaimer
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