Tumoral calcinosis of the hand: Three unusual cases with painful swelling of small joints

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-551

  Kim, Han Seong ^a   Suh, Jin Su ^a   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL COMPOSITION; CYST; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAND TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ARTHROPATHY; CALCINOSIS; FINGER JOINT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645795702     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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