title: Parotid calcification in systemic lupus erythematosis.
abstract: Calcinosis universalis is an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE). We describe the case of a 22-year-old patient diagnosed with SLE during childhood, who developed a previously unreported complication of parotid calcification. Medical treatment of calcinosis is often ineffective, whereas surgical intervention completely relieved the patient's symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. clairehopkins@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanegaonkar
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Chevretton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed