Case Reports
Extensive Tumoral Calcinosis in a Patient With Systemic Sclerosis
Am J Orthop. 2010 October;39(10):E108-E110
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Elias Primetis, MD, PhD, Apostolos Dalakidis, MD, Xenofon Papacharalampous, MD, PhD, Vasileios Skiadas, MD, PhD, Lampros Vlahos, MD,PhD, and Athanasios Gouliamos, MD, PhD
Dr. Primetis is Lecturer in Radiology, Dr. Dalakidis is Resident in Radiology, and Dr. Papacharalampous is Assistant Professor, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dr. Skiadas is Lecturer in Radiology, General Military Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Drs. Vlahos and Gouliamos are Professors in Radiology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Tumoral calcinosis, a rare disease manifesting with periarticular, calcified masses in soft tissues, can be either primary or secondary to a disease, such as systemic sclerosis. In the case reported here, a patient diagnosed with systemic sclerosis presented with hard calcified masses that involved the shoulders and hips.