title: Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification: unusual features.
abstract: Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification (IIAC) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, which causes widespread arterial calcification and usually leads to early death from coronary arterial occlusion. Periarticular calcification has been reported in some cases. Two new cases are reported. In addition to the usual features of the disease, one was found to have ear-lobe calcification and the other an aortic aneurysm and coarctation of the aorta. Therapy with diphosphonate was apparently successful in one patient.
authors: Department of Radiology, Hospital Infantil, Ciudad Sanitaria Valle de Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Vera
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Lucaya
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Garcia Conesa
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Aso
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Balaguer
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology