Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy.
A description is given of a 15-month-old girl with idiopathic arterial calcifications, detected during life time by X-ray. Radiological examination revealed calcifications in medium-sized arteries, histopathological examination showed distinct abnormalities of small vessels. The patient also had a metageria-like outward and retarded mental and motor development with myolysis. No cardiac failure was present.
D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D011371:Progeria; D011859:Radiography