title: Tumoral calcinosis of the gluteal region in a child: case report with overview of different soft-tissue calcifications.
abstract: Tumoral calcinosis is a distinct clinical and histologic entity that is characterized by a large deposition of calcium that resembles a neoplasm and is found predominantly in adolescents and young adults in the periarticular tissues of large joints. The authors describe the clinical presentation of a 15-year-old boy admitted at our pediatric day-surgery center for surgical management of tumoral calcinosis of the left gluteal region. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Day-Surgery Center, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bittmann
authors.forename: M  W
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002128:Calcium Metabolism Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male