Soft tissue calcification

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Soft tissue calcification is commonly seen and caused by a wide range of pathology.

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There is a wide range of causes of soft tissue calcification ¹:

dystrophic soft tissue calcification (most common), e.g. chronic venous insufficiency ²
vascular, e.g. arterial calcification, phleboliths
metabolic, e.g. CPPD (causing chondrocalcinosis), metastatic calcification, idiopathic tumoural calcinosis
autoimmune diseases, e.g. scleroderma, dermatomyositis
infection, e.g. cysticercosis
neoplasm, e.g. primary or metastatic osteosarcoma, synovial osteochondromatosis
trauma, e.g myositis ossificans, tendonitis

~~-<a href="/articles/dystrophic-soft-tissue-calcification-1">dystrophic soft tissue calcification</a> (most common), e.g. chronic venous insufficiency <sup>2</sup>~~
+<a href="/articles/dystrophic-soft-tissue-calcification-1">dystrophic soft tissue calcification</a> (most common), e.g. <a title="Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)" href="/articles/chronic-venous-insufficiency">chronic venous insufficiency</a> <sup>2</sup>

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