Popcorn calcification (disambiguation)
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Popcorn calcification refers to amorphous calcifications often with rings and arcs that resemble popped corn kernels. This type of calcification may be seen in many radiological settings including 1:
- chondroid lesions (e.g enchondroma, chondrosarcoma)
- fibrous dysplasia
- pulmonary hamartomas
- degenerating fibroadenomas of the breast: see popcorn calcification in the breast
- calcified uterine fibroid 3
They are also seen in metaphyses and epiphyses of long bones of children with osteogenesis imperfecta. In this case, they represent scalloped lucencies with sclerotic margins 2.
See also
-<li><a href="/articles/pulmonary-hamartoma">pulmonary hamartomas</a></li>-<li>degenerating <a href="/articles/fibroadenoma-of-the-breast-1">fibroadenomas of the breast</a>: see <a href="/articles/popcorn-calcification-in-the-breast">popcorn calcification in the breast</a>- +<li><a title="Pulmonary hamartomas" href="/articles/pulmonary-hamartoma-1">pulmonary hamartomas</a></li>
- +<li>degenerating <a href="/articles/fibroadenoma-breast">fibroadenomas of the breast</a>: see <a href="/articles/popcorn-calcification-in-the-breast">popcorn calcification in the breast</a>