Calcinosis Cutis Occurring in Association With Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disease

Calcinosis cutis.

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION An 87-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fi brillation, and mixed connective tissue disease was admitted to hospital because of heart failure. Besides clinical signs of ventricular dysfunction, physical examination showed painless, subcutaneous nodules that had developed during the past 10 years on her left elbow ( fi gure 1A ) and knees ( fi gure 1B , righ...

Calcinosis Cutis

Extensive calcinosis cutis in association with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Sir, Calcium deposits in the skin sometimes occur is association with certain connective tissue diseases, particularlyscleroderma and dermatomyositis (1). This ® nding is extremely rare in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (2). In most cases of calcinosis cutis in SLE, the deposition of calcium is usually seen under the cutaneous lupus lesions, and the amounts are relatively small. We report h...

Discoid lupus erythematosus with dystrophic calcinosis cutis

CC: calcinosis cutis DLE: discoid lupus erythematosus SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus INTRODUCTION Calcinosis cutis (CC) is a rare disorder known to occur commonly in association with underlying autoimmune connective tissue diseases. CC primarily occurs in patients with dermatomyositis, systemic scleroderma, and mixed connective tissue disease. It is only rarely associated with systemic lupus...

Idiopathic calcinosis cutis universalis

Case A 12-years old girl with complaints of multiple lumps on her body since 1 years prior to admission. Two years prior to admission patient complained of movement limitation due to pain when doing leg lifting, squatting and standing up. One years prior to admission patient got bilateral symmetrical lumps on hip, corn size and getting bigger. Two months prior to admission the lumps got rupture...