title: [Tumoral calcinosis: a clinical and pathological study of 8 cases reported in Tunisia].
abstract: Tumoral calcinosis is a distinct clinicopathological entity characterized by periarticular soft-tissue calcium deposits. It is a rare condition in Tunisia (8 cases during 23 years). Six patients were aged 14 years or younger. There was male predominance (SR: 7/1). Lesions were located about the hip in five patients and the elbow in three patients. Multiple localisations occurred in two patients. Histologically, all cases exhibited active phase of the disease. In our patients lesions were only surgically excised.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques Institut Salah Azaiz, Tunis.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Romdhane
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khattech
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Othman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Ghachem
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D004551:Elbow Joint; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: La calcinose tumorale: étude anatomoclinique de 8 cas rapportés en Tunisie.