background: myocardial infarctions at different locations have been related to different sets of risk factors. this study was designed to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and specific coronary artery calcification (cac). methods: the study population comprised 573 postmenopausal women selected from a population-based cohort study. established vascular risk factors wer...

fahr’s disease is a rare syndrome characterized by symmetrical and bilateral intracranial calcifications. we report a 21-year-old male who presented with aggression, talkativeness, restlessness, and insomnia of recent onset. his neurological examination was normal. mental status examination and clinical investigation revealed mania. brain revealed symmetrical large areas and foci of calcificati...

thoracobiliary fistula is a rare complication of hydatid cyst of the liver especially in the calcified form. surgery is the only medical option. the treatment consists of radical surgical procedures in the majority of the patients. conservative surgical treatments are performed with high mortality rate. herein, we will describe two patients of calcified hydatid cysts of the liver whose conditio...

Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Calcification and Ossification Proposed Mechanisms of Ectopic Lung Calcification and Ossification Role of Relative and Absolute Calcium Excess Role of an Alkaline Environment Role of Lung Injury or Fibrosis Role of Angiogenesis Imaging Chest Roentgenogram Computed Tomography 99m Tc-MDP Bone Scintigraphy Specific Disorders Pulmonary Metastatic Calcification P...

The impact of calcification in patients with breast carcinoma treated with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is unclear. The present study aimed to determine the outcome of breast cancer patients with calcification treated with BCS. The records of 409 patients with breast carcinoma treated with BCS from January 2005 to December 2008 were reviewed. Patients were categorized as those with calcifica...

BACKGROUND Two endophenotypes of arterial calcification, calcification on arterial wall and calcification in atherosclerotic plaques, are associated with different types of cardiovascular events. Mgp-deficient mice showed matrix Gla protein (MGP) is strongly associated with calcification on arterial wall without atherosclerotic plaques, and MGP variants were not significantly associated with my...

first cousin parents with two children with microcephaly and periventricular calcification were referred to our genetic counseling center. no other particular dysmorphic features were seen. intrauterine cmv infection was considered for the first child. however, the condition recurred in the second child. in this report, the importance of congenital cmv infection and its differentiation from mic...

BACKGROUND Calcification can be detected in both benign and malignant nodules and is often neglected by clinical physicians. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of thyroid nodule calcification detected on ultrasound with thyroid carcinoma. METHODS One hundred seven cases of thyroid carcinoma and 215 cases of benign thyroid nodules were selected from the records of inp...

BACKGROUND Mitral valve calcification is often incidentally detected on chest computed tomography (CT) scans obtained for a variety of noncardiac indications. In this study, we evaluated the association between mitral valve calcification incidentally detected on chest CT and the presence and severity of mitral valve disease on echocardiography. METHODS Of 760 patients undergoing 64-row multid...