title: Extensive tumoral calcinosis in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: Tumoral calcinosis, a rare disease manifesting with periarticular, calcified masses in soft tissues, can be either primary or secondary to a disease, such as systemic sclerosis. In the case reported here, a patient diagnosed with systemic sclerosis presented with hard calcified masses that involved the shoulders and hips.
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Primetis
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalakidis
authors.forename: Xenofon
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Papacharalampous
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Skiadas
authors.forename: Lampros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlahos
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gouliamos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed