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Calcinosis Cutis and Calciphylaxis in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
Vaccines, 2023 Calcinosis represents a severe complication of several autoimmune disorders. Soft-tissue calcifications have been classified into five major types: dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic, iatrogenic, and calciphylaxis.
Ilaria Mormile +5 more
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Journal of Autoimmunity, 2023 Objectives: To elucidate mechanisms contributing to skeletal muscle calcinosis in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis. Methods: A well-characterized cohorts of JDM (n = 68), disease controls (polymyositis, n = 7; juvenile SLE, n = 10, and RNP ...
Bhargavi Duvvuri +11 more
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Rheumatology, 2023 OBJECTIVES To utilize whole-body computed tomography (CT) imaging and calcium scoring techniques as tools for calcinosis assessment in a prospective cohort of patients with adult and juvenile dermatomyositis (DM and JDM, respectively).
Briana A Cervantes +5 more
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Management of Calcinosis Cutis in Rheumatic Diseases
Journal of Rheumatology, 2022 Calcinosis (hydroxyapatite and calcium phosphate crystal deposition) within the extracellular matrix of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue is a frequent manifestation of adult and pediatric systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, specifically systemic ...
H. Elahmar, B. Feldman, S. Johnson
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Journal of Inflammation Research, 2022 Introduction CREST syndrome is a clinical entity associated with systemic sclerosis, which meets at least three of the five clinical features: calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.
Carmen Bobeica +16 more
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Rheumatology, 2022 OBJECTIVES Ectopic calcification (calcinosis) is a common complication of systemic sclerosis, but a subset of systemic sclerosis patients has a heavy burden of calcinosis. We examined whether there are unique risk factors for a heavy burden of calcinosis,
Carrie Richardson +7 more
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Local, non-systemic, and minimally invasive therapies for calcinosis cutis: a systematic review
Archives of Dermatological Research, 2021 Calcinosis cutis is a deposition of calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissue, often accompanied by pain, reduced mobility, and chronic infections. Limited evidence is available about the feasibility and efficacy of therapies alternative to systemic ...
Joanna Nowaczyk +2 more
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Bisphosphonates for the Treatment of Calcinosis Cutis—A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Biomedicines, 2021 (1) Background: Calcinosis cutis is a frequent symptom of autoimmune connective tissue diseases leading to pain, transcutaneous expulsion of calcified material and bacterial superinfection.
Lilian Rauch +4 more
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Subcutaneous calcinosis: Is it different between systemic sclerosis and dermatomyositis?
Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, 2021 Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of insoluble calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is a manifestation of several autoimmune connective tissue diseases, most frequently with systemic sclerosis and juvenile dermatomyositis, followed by adult ...
A. Valenzuela, L. Chung
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Extensive Calcinosis in an Adult Nigerian Woman with Dermatomyositis
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015 Objectives: Extensive calcinosis in a patient with dermatomyositis is a rare clinical presentation in adults. The aim of this report is to present the clinical and radiographic features of a 25-year-old woman with dermatomyositis and extensive calcinosis.
Olufemi Adelowo +3 more
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