Tumoral Calcinosis: a Rare Disease

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Journal Tunis Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Apr 26

PMID 33899204

Citations 2

Authors

Wael Chebbi

Ghassen Belhaj

Ahmed Belhaj Messaoud

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Abstract

Idiopathic tumoral calcinosis is a rare affection. It is defined by the presence of calcified deposits in periarticular tissues. The diagnosis is suspected on imaging and confirmed by histology. The treatment consists of a precocious and complete surgical exeresis. Despite the risk of recidivism, the prognosis is always excellent. We report a new case of tumoral calcinosis in a patient of the fifties and clear phototype. The clinical exam found a voluminous mass of soft tissues and the radiological exam showed the presence of voluminous periarticular calcifications with no bone involvement. The diagnosis was confirmed by the anatomopathological exam. The treatment remains essentially surgical.

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