Giant idiopathic scrotal calcinosis: an exceptional case report in Mauritania
Background Scrotal calcinosis is a rare idiopathic and benign condition, first described over a century ago by Lewinski. We report an exceptional case due to its size of a scrotal calcinosis.
Aboubakry SOW +3 more
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Incidental Diagnosis of Fahr's Disease Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report
ABSTRACT Fahr's disease is a rare idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symmetrical calcifications in the basal ganglia and cerebellar dentate nuclei. Although it may present with diverse neuropsychiatric symptoms, a significant number of cases remain asymptomatic and are only identified incidentally through neuroimaging performed for ...
Hadi Ebrahimi +5 more
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Background Calcinosis cutis of hands can progress and impair hand function in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Understanding the natural disease and comprehensive management is crucial.Objective To examine clinical course and identify risk factors associated ...
Vassana Kanjanajarurat +3 more
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Tumoral calcinosis in the cervical spine: a case report and review of the literature
Background Tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in spine. A 55-year-old Japanese woman with cervical tumoral calcinosis is presented, along with a review of the literature relating to tumoral calcinosis in the spine. We discussed the etiology, diagnosis,
Rui Guo +6 more
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Idiopathic Perimenopausal Dystrophic Calcinosis Cuits
Usual type of dystrophic calcinosis cutis is described in six females in the perimentopausal age group with the lesions in the hip region along with their clinical, biochemical, histological and radiological features.
Parthiban M +5 more
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Beyond Raynaud's: Atypical Peripheral Vascular Manifestations in a Case of CREST Syndrome
ABSTRACT Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a rare but severe symptom of CREST syndrome, which itself is a limited cutaneous sclerosis. Even though Raynaud's phenomenon is the gold standard of CREST, the development of critical limb ischemia and self‐amputation is rare.
Sakshi Kumari +4 more
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Unilateral Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis: A Case Report
Calcinosis cutis is a rare disorder characterized by the deposition of calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Unilateral idiopathic calcinosis cutis has only rarely been reported in the literature.
Fahad Alsaif, Amr M. Abduljabbar
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Calcinosis and Myocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient [PDF]
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have multi-organ involvement related to their chronic inflammatory, autoimmune disease. Calcinosis can be clinical manifestations of SLE.
Dewi, S. (Sumartini) +1 more
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A matter arising: When should inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases be considered ‘early’?
Timely recognition of inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases (IARDs) is important to optimize the early diagnosis with tailored interventions and possible prevention of irreversible organ damage. This narrative review provides an update by summarizing the advances in identifying the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis and ...
Elvis Hysa +7 more
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Comparison of the Utility and Validity of Three Scoring Tools to Measure Skin Involvement in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To compare the abbreviated Cutaneous Assessment Tool (CAT), Disease Activity Score (DAS), and Myositis Intention to Treat Activity Index (MITAX) and correlate them with the physician's 10-cm skin visual analog scale (VAS) in order to define ...
Almeida, B +9 more
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