title: Dysplastic cutaneous osteomatosis. A unique case of true osteoma.
abstract: A unique cas of dermal calcification occurred in a 14-month-old femal infant. Results of all pertinent laboratory data obtained on this patient were within normal limits except for an elevation of the heat labile fraction of alkaline phosphatase. A skin biopsy specimen showed irregularly shaped deposits of calcified osteoid with osteoblasts. As yet, neither the cause nor the prognosis of this disease has been delineated.
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010016:Osteoma / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*