title: Tumoral calcinosis of the spine in the course of systemic sclerosis: report of a new case and review of the literature.
abstract: We report here a case of a 62-year-old Caucasian woman, suffering from diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc), who developed a tumoural calcinosis (TC) localised in the left side of the neck around the cervical spine that caused severe pain and motion impairment, without involvement of regional neurological structures. A review of the literature on this issue (based on PubMed database) allowed us to identify 35 previously described cases of TC in para-vertebral area in the course of SSc. The main characteristics of these patients have been summarised.
authors.affiliation: Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy. d.sambataro@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sambataro
authors.affiliation: Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sambataro
authors.affiliation: Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zaccara
authors.affiliation: Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maglione
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Section, Istituto San Giuseppe, Como, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vitali
authors.affiliation: Scleroderma Clinic, Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Del Papa
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D045743:Scleroderma, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome