title: Treatment of cutaneous calcinosis in CREST syndrome by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
abstract: We describe the unusual case of a 78-year-old woman consulting for extensive and painful wound leg ulcerations and calcifications secondary to CREST syndrome that was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. This treatment was considered because of the severity of our patient's symptoms and her failure to respond to various medical and surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dupuytren University Hospital, Limoges, France. a.sparsa@free.fr
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sparsa
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lesaux
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bonnetblanc
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blaise
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lebrun-Ly
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombeau
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bédane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017675:CREST Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*