IDIOPATHIC CALCINOSIS UNIVERSALIS CUTIS WITHOUT DISABILITY
Authors: J H PETERS, R H HORN, L GREENMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 January 1950IDIOPATHIC CALCINOSIS UNIVERSALIS CUTIS WITHOUT DISABILITYJ. H. PETERS, M.D., R. H. HORN, M.D., L. GREENMAN, M.D.J. H. PETERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. H. HORN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. GREENMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-1-138 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCalcification of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, while not common, has been reported in the literature frequently enough to offer several hundred recorded instances to medical readers. Cases of cutaneous calcification have been morphologically subdivided into two types,calcinosis circumscripta, in which the subcutaneous tissues in the immediate vicinity of joints, particularly of the extremities, are involved; andcalcinosis universalis, affecting the deeper subcutaneous tissues and the dermis, usually in the proximal extremities and the pelvic girdle.1, 7Our case falls into the latter category, but differs from the majority of reported cases in several important respects, the most remarkable...Bibliography1. AtkinsonWeber FRFP: Cutaneous and subcutaneous calcinosis, Brit. J. Dermat. 50: 267, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Barr DP: Pathological calcification, Physiol. Rev. 12: 593, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BauerMarbleBennett WAGA: Further studies in a case of calcification of subcutaneous tissue ("calcinosis universalis") in a child, Am. J. M. Sc. 182: 237, 1931. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Costello MJ: Cutaneous calcinosis, N. Y. State J. Med. 35: 1266, 1935. Google Scholar5. DanowskiWinklerPeters TSAWJP: Tissue calcification and renal failure produced by massive dose vitamin D therapy of arthritis, Ann. Int. Med., 23: 22, 1945. LinkGoogle Scholar6. Durham RH: Scleroderma and calcinosis, Arch. Int. Med. 42: 467, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Epstein E: Idiopathic calcinosis cutis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 34: 367, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. KaufmanDow MJW: Hyperparathyroidism with calcinosis, probably secondary to renal disease, Lahey Clinic Bull. 5: 21, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. MaloneyBloom ERD: Cutaneous calcinosis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 23: 245, 1931. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Menkin V: Calcification of tubercles by administration of calcium chloride, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 28: 1001, 1931. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Moran FT: Calcinosis, Southern M. J. 40: 840, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Roholm K: Fluorvergiftung, Ergebn. inn. Med. 67: 822, 1939. Google Scholar13. RothsteinWelt JLS: Calcinosis universalis and calcinosis circumscripta in infancy and childhood, Am. J. Dis. Child. 52: 368, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Sherman HC: Calcium and phosphorus in foods and nutrition, 1947, Columbia University Press, New York. Google Scholar15. Wells HG: Calcification and ossification, Arch. Int. Med. 7: 721, 1911. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WinternitzThomasLeCompte MCRMPM: The biology of arteriosclerosis, 1938, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication April 15, 1948.From the Medical Service of the Presbyterian Hospital, The Department of Research Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Renziehausen Foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAblagerungskrankheiten körpereigener StoffwechselprodukteSOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS OCCURRENCE IN THE "COLLAGEN DISEASES"*CLAYTON E. WHEELER, ARTHUR C. CURTIS, F.A.C.P., EDWARD P. CAWLEY, ROBERT H. GREKIN, BERTRAM ZHEUTLINIdiopathic calcinosis circumscripta 1 January 1950Volume 32, Issue 1Page: 138-145KeywordsDisabilitiesFallsHospital medicineMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...