Disproportionately severe calcinosis cutis in an 88-year-old patient with CREST syndrome

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 478-481

  Buchowski, J M ^a   Ahn, Nicholas U ^a   Ahn, U M ^a   McCarthy, Edward F ^a   Mehta, M B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; CREST syndrome; Dystrophic calcinosis cutis; Lower extremities; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPLETION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME CREST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CREST SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0034864583     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560100383     Document Type: Article

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