- Discussion:
- may be secondary to degeneration;
- symptoms include pain, tenderness, and erythema;
- treatment includes heat, rest, injections/aspirations, and surgery for
larger deposits;
- calcinosis circumscripta occurs in
SLE,
RA, and
scleroderma,
usually
in fingers, & may be assoc w/
Raynaud's phenomenon;
- Calcification in a Lesion:
- suggests a caverous
hemangioma, with phleboliths, tumoral calcinosis,
soft tissue chondroma,
Synovial Chondromatosis, and calcification
being seen with dermatomyositis, secondary hyperparathyroidism,
hypervitaminosis D, idiopathic hypercalcemia, or milk alkali
syndrome;
- Treatment: treatment may include partial excision;
