TUMORAL CALCINOSIS - A CLINICAL AND PATHO LOGICAL-STUDY OF 8 REPORTEDCASES IN TUNISIA

Authors
AMMAR A BENROMDHANE K KHATTECH R BENOTHMAN M BENGHACHEM M
Citation
A. Ammar et al., TUMORAL CALCINOSIS - A CLINICAL AND PATHO LOGICAL-STUDY OF 8 REPORTEDCASES IN TUNISIA, Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur, 80(3), 1994, pp. 261-266
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351040
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
261 - 266
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1040(1994)80:3<261:TC-ACA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Tumoral calcinosis is a distinct clinicopathological entity characteri zed by periarticular soft-tissue calcium deposits. It is a rare condit ion in Tunisia (8 cases during 23 years). Six patients were aged 14 ye ars or younger. There was male predominance (SR: 7/1). Lesions were lo cated about the hip in five patients and the elbow in three patients. Multiple localisations occured in two patients. Histologically, all ca ses exhibited active phase of the disease. In our patients lesions wer e only surgically excised.