title: Calcinosis circumscripta of the tongue in a cat.
abstract: A nodular mass present on the ventral surface of the tongue in a mature, castrated male domestic short-haired cat was diagnosed as calcinosis circumscripta. The cat died of end-stage renal disease. Histologically, the multilobulated mass was composed of acellular, fractured loculi separated by thin bands of a connective tissue stroma. Loculi contained a light red crystalline substance, surrounded by amorphous basophilic mineralized material. No specific relationship is suggested between the end-stage renal disease and the tongue lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cline
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D008297:Male; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*