title: Tumoral calcinosis causing bone erosion in a renal dialysis patient.
abstract: Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder manifest by large calcific periarticular masses. Associated bone destruction has been described previously only once. The radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) findings of bone erosion in a case of tumoral calcinosis in a renal dialysis patient are presented. Although the presence of bone destruction may suggest a neoplasm, it does not exclude the diagnosis of tumoral calcinosis.
authors.affiliation: Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed