title: Characterization of synovial sarcoma calcification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to characterize patterns of calcifications in synovial sarcoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of fine, stippled calcifications in a soft-tissue mass should raise suspicion for synovial sarcoma. These calcifications can coalesce to a deposit that mimics hydroxyapatite deposition disease or soft-tissue osteosarcoma. Spicules of calcification were a less common finding in our series; the appearance of spicules in synovial sarcomas overlaps with that of other soft-tissue sarcomas such as soft-tissue osteosarcoma and liposarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 30 North 1900 East, 1AO71, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. bwwilkerson@gmail.com
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: Julia R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Crim
authors.forename: Man
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Lester J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Layfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed