Calcareous lesions of the distal extremities resembling tumoral calcinosis (tumoral calcinosislike lesions): Clinicopathologic study of 43 cases emphasizing a pathogenesis-based approach to classification

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  Laskin, William B ^a,c   Miettinen, Markku ^b   Fetsch, John F ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acral soft tissue; Calcium hydroxyapatite; Calcospherites; Distal extremity; Tumoral calcinosis; Tumoral calcinosislike lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCLAST; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCLERODERMA; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845937957     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213321.12542.eb     Document Type: Article

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