BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Vascular calcifications predict cardiovascular disease, the major cause of death in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). We studied the determinants of fetuin-A, a potent circulating calcification inhibitor encoded by the AHSG gene, and tested its association with vascular calcifications and long-term survival and cardiovascular events (CVEs) in RTRs. DESIGN, SETTING,...

The predisposition to vascular calcifications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has gained great interest in recent years as many studies have described its likely impact on morbidity and mortality. The mechanism by which the process of vascular calcification is produced is complex, and it does not consist in a simple precipitation of calcium and phosphate but is instead an active a...

PURPOSE To analyze associations between mammographic arterial mammary calcifications in menopausal women and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. METHODS This was a cross-sectional retrospective study, in which we analyzed the mammograms and medical records of 197 patients treated between 2004 and 2005. Study variables were: breast arterial calcifications, stroke, acute coronary syndrome,...

LCC theory study on the green construction of economic benefit based on the LCC theory, the concept of full description, a detailed analysis of the existing building economic cost estimation methods, combined with the data, only provides theoretical basis for green construction cost control. Because our country is in the LCC theory and the building materials recycling research is still not perf...

Leukoencephalopathy with intracranial calcifications and cysts (LCC) is a rare and recently described entity characterized radiologically by white matter abnormalities, calcifications, cysts and enhancing nodules. LCC is a disorder of unknown etiology and its neurological manifestations include cognitive decline, seizure, obstructive hydrocephalus, progressive cerebellar, besides extrapyramidal...

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Although basal ganglia calcifications were described a long time ago,1,3,11 the association of leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts (LCC) is a very rare entity described in 1996.5 We present a new case of LCC and discuss clinical, neuroradiologic, and histopathologic findings regarding this association.

The authors present three cases of histologically proved synovial sarcoma. CT is useful in assessing erosive or destructive changes in bone, and in demonstrating calcifications. MR characteristics are nonspecific; calcifications within these tumors can be missed on MR. MR can help to assess tumor extension, vascular invasion, and hemorrhage within the tumor.

BACKGROUND The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) and histologically assessed calcification of radial artery in relation to clinical features and laboratory markers of bone and mineral metabolism, inflammation, and oxidative stress in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS The study compr...

With a prevalence of up to 0.6% in the general population, cerebral calcifications are a common finding in neuroimaging tests, particularly in computed tomography (CT). This proportion increases in autopsy studies, in which microcalcifications are found in the globus pallidus and dentate nucleus in up to 70% of cases, as prevalence increases with age.1 Such calcifications are considered to be p...