Tumoral calcinosis (report of 3 cases).

INTRODUCTION Tumoral calcinosis is a rare syndrome characterized by massive subcutaneous soft tissues deposits of calcium phosphate near the large joints. The condition has been reported in patients ranging from age 5 months to 83 years (Bostrom et al, 1981; Aprin et al 1986), it usually becomes manifest in the second decade of life (Aprin et al, 1986). Men and non-whites are affected more commonly than women and Caucasians. We report herein a 20 old boy with calcified lesions bilaterally involving the soft tissue over the greater trochanter.