Tumoral calcinosis infiltrating the biceps brachii tendon - Excision and reconstruction with allograft: A case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29 B, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-172

  Aydin, Atakan ^a,b   Tuncer, S ^a   Erer, M ^a   Bilgic, B ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Orhantepe Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allograft reconstruction; Excision; Tumoral calcinosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1842556334     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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