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 arteriosclerosis 2
- infection
- granulomatous infection
- parasitic infestation
- cysticercosis
- dracunculiasis
- armillifer armillatus
- neoplasm
- primary bone-forming tumours: osteosarcoma
- other sarcomas: specially synovial sarcoma
- osteoma
- tumour necrosis
- sarcoidosis4
- drugs
- autoimmune
- dermatomyositis
- scleroderma and CREST syndrome
- systemic lupus erythematosus 3
- trauma
See also
-<li><a title="Osteoma" href="/articles/osteoma">osteoma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/osteoma">osteoma</a></li>
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- +<a title="Sarcoidosis (musculoskeletal manifestations)" href="/articles/sarcoidosis-musculoskeletal-manifestations">sarcoidosis</a> <sup>4</sup>
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-<li><a title="Vitamin D" href="/articles/vitamin-d">vitamin D</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/vitamin-d">vitamin D</a></li>
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- 4. Demetriou ET, Pietras SM, Holick MF. Hypercalcemia and soft tissue calcification owing to sarcoidosis: the sunlight-cola connection. (2010) Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 25 (7): 1695-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.51">doi:10.1002/jbmr.51</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20200968">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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