Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy: a case with prolonged survival.
We describe a patient with idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy and the following unusual features of the disease: (1) prolonged survival until age 11 years, (2) discordance between the extent of vascular calcification and clinical manifestations of arterial luminal occlusion, (3) a large area of myocardial calcification, (4) symptoms of cerebral-vascular insufficiency, and (5) spontaneous resolution of hypertension.
Thomas
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Department of Pediatrics, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, New York 11030.
Chandra
M
M
Kahn
E
E
McVicar
M
M
Naidich
J
J
LaCorte
M
M
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed