title: Tumoral calcinosis: a dental literature review and case report.
abstract: Tumoral calcinosis (TC) is a rare familial disease characterized by abnormal peri-articular calcification in affected joints, without any associated renal, metabolic or collagen vascular disease. It is characterized by usual hyperphosphataemia with normal serum calcium and alkaline phosphatase values. There are only a few reported cases ofTC patients with dental findings. This article reviews the dental literature and describes progressive gingival, alveolar and mandibular tori enlargement in a 41-year-old female from Zimbabwe with tumoral calcinosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder of mineral metabolism with oral manifestations.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Dental Hospital, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krstevska
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D016556:Crown Lengthening; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D009154:Mutation; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D015030:Zimbabwe; D000097763:Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
chemical_list: D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases; D000097763:Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase