Dystrophic soft tissue calcification
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Dystrophic soft tissue calcification is a broad term that encompasses a wide range of pathologies that cause soft-tissue calcification and is caused by calcification of damaged tissues. The amorphous calcification that results may be small or large. In some cases, ossification may occur - this is characterised by cortical formation and a central medullary cavity.
An often cited approach to developing a differential diagnosis is using VINDICATE
- vascular
- venous insufficiency
- Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis2
- infection
- granulomatous infection
- parasitic infestation
- cysticercosis
- dracunculiasis
- armillifer armillatus
- neoplasm
- primary bone-forming tumours: osteosarcoma
- other sarcomas: specially synovial sarcoma
- osteoma
- tumour necrosis
- drugs
- vitamin D
- milk-alkali syndrome
- autoimmune
- dermatomyositis
- scleroderma and CREST syndrome
- trauma
See also
-<a title="Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis" href="/articles/m-nckeberg-arteriosclerosis">Mönckeberg <span style="line-height:20.8px">arteriosclerosis</span></a><sup><span style="font-size:10.8333px">2</span></sup>- +<a href="/articles/m-nckeberg-arteriosclerosis">Mönckeberg arteriosclerosis</a> <sup>2</sup>
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