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Extensive Tumoral Calcinosis in a Patient With Systemic Sclerosis
Primetis E, Dalakidis A, Papacharalampous X, Skiadas V, Vlahos L, Gouliamos A
Am J Orthop 2010;39(10):E108-E110

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.


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