Massive gluteal calcinosis in a 10-year-old girl with juvenile dermatomyositis: Successful surgical management

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Vitale, Agata ^a   Delia, Gabriele ^b   Francesco, La Torre ^c   Calcagno, Giuseppina ^a   D'Alcontres, Francesco Stagno ^b  

^a Pediatric Rheumatology Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BUTTOCKS; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049088212     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bcf703     Document Type: Letter

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