Childhood Calcinosis Cutis
Childhood Calcinosis Cutis
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儿童皮肤钙质沉着症
DOI:
10.1111/j.1525-1470.1996.tb01415.x
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
A. Castells
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文献类型:
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作者:
L. Rodríguez‐Cano;V. García;Margaret Creus;P. Bastida;J. J. Ortega;A. Castells
Abstract: Calcinosis cutis, an uncommon disorder characterized by hydroxyapatite crystals of calcium phosphate deposited in the skin, has been described infrequently in childhood. Classically, it is divided into dystrophic, metastatic, and idiopathic types. We report an 8‐year‐old girl with hyperphosphatemia secondary to a tumor lysis syndrome, who developed a localized soft tissue calcification over a previous lesion of ec‐thyma gangrenosum. Intravenous infusion of calcium gluconate was probably the precipitating factor. Our case illustrates that several etio‐pathogenic mechanisms may be simultaneously involved in calcinosis cutis.