title: Tumoral calcinosis in hemodialysis patients. A review of three cases.
abstract: Soft tissue calcification are common in chronic hemodialysis patients and often affect the periarticular tissues, where they occasionally form tumoral masses. In a retrospective study of 254 hemodialysis patients we identified three such cases. Affected sites were the wrist, shoulder, and chest wall. None of the patients had secondary hyperparathyroidism. A discussion is provided of the roentgenographic and clinical features of tumoral calcinosis, of current pathogenic hypotheses, and of available treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Pasteur Hospital, Nice, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Elslande
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Passeron
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Verdier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrillon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cassuto-Viguier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pettelot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bracco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D014955:Wrist Joint