CALCINOSIS AND SCLERODERMA WITH PARATHYROIDECTOMY
Authors: Charles S. Byron, Saul Michalover
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 February 1943CALCINOSIS AND SCLERODERMA WITH PARATHYROIDECTOMYCHARLES S. BYRON, M.D., F.A.C.P., SAUL MICHALOVER, M.D.CHARLES S. BYRON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SAUL MICHALOVER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-2-225 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRosenberg1 has recently reviewed the clinical features of "chalk gout." This condition, variously described as "calcinosis conscripta," "calcinosis universalis," "calcinosis syndrome," "tendinio-fasciitis calcarea rheumatica," "tendinitis calcarea," "petrificato cutis," "calcinosis interstitialis," "Raynaud's disease with calcareous degeneration," and "subcutaneous calcareous granulomata," had been previously extensively surveyed by Durham,2 Steinitz,3 Weissenbach, Basch and Basch,4 Brooks,5 Rothstein and Welt,6 and Atkinson and Weber.7In summary one may say that calcinosis is characterized by deposits of calcium in greater or lesser amounts in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. A circumscribed type is restricted to the region of the joints of the terminal phalanges and the...Bibliography1. ROSENBERG EF: Chalk gout, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 1791. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. DURHAM RH: Scleroderma and calcinosis, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xlii, 467-490. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. STEINITZ H: Calcinosis circumscripta ("Kalkgicht") und Calcinosis universalis, Ergebn. d. inn. Med. u. Kinderh., 1931, xxxix, 216-275. Google Scholar4. WEISSENBACHBASCHBASCH RJGM: Essai critique sur la pathogénies des concrétions calcaires des sclerodermies (syndrome de Thibierge-Weissenbach) et des syndromes voisins, Ann. de méd., 1932, xxxi, 504-529. Google Scholar5. BROOKS WD: Calcinosis, Quart. Jr. Med., 1934, xxvii, 293-319. Google Scholar6. ROTHSTEINWELT JLS: Calcinosis universalis and calcinosis circumscripta in infancy and in childhood; three cases of calcinosis universalis, with review of the literature, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1936, lii, 368-422. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ATKINSONWEBER FRFP: Cutaneous and subcutaneous calcinosis, Brit. Jr. Dermat., 1938, l, 267-310. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. RAMSDELL EG: (a) Calcinosis universalis, Proc. Am. Assoc. for the Study of Goiter, 1935. (b) Parathyroidectomy for the calcinosis syndrome, Proc. Am. Assoc. for the Study of Goiter, 1939. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication December 20, 1941.From the Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySystemic Scleroderma, Calcinosis Cutis and Parathyroid HyperplasiaSECTION OF DERMATOLOGYSOFT 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 ZHEUTLINEXTENSIVE INTERSTITIAL CALCINOSIS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS AND SCLERODERMA-DERMATOMYOSITIS 1 February 1943Volume 18, Issue 2Page: 225-232KeywordsCalciumGoutHospital medicineParathyroidectomyScleroderma Issue Published: 1 February 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...