Cutaneous calcinosis in a patient with limited scleroderma: CREST Syndrome
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Dystrophic Calcinosis in a Patient with Scleroderma: Imaging Findings and Literature Review
Subcutaneous calcinosis consists of abnormal calcium deposition in soft tissues and is one of the complications of scleroderma, especially in limited systemic sclerosis. It is one of the criteria of CREST syndrome (calcinosis cutis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia). A 44-year-old woman with systemic scleroderma for 20 years was presented with pain ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Rheumatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2147-9720,2148-4279
DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2017.17034