Cervical paraspinal calcification in collagen vascular diseases
| Autor: | W W Peck, Donald Resnick, V Cervilla, Murray K. Dalinka, B.J. Manaster, J Gerharter, Mark E. Schweitzer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Osteolysis Radiography Biopsy medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aged Scleroderma Systemic medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Calcinosis Soft tissue General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Cervical Vertebrae Tumoral calcinosis Female Spinal Diseases business Cervical vertebrae Calcification |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 157:523-525 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| Popis: | Although soft-tissue calcification is common in collagen vascular disease, paraspinal calcification in the cervical spine has not been described before. We studied five women with large, lobulated, predominantly homogeneous calcific masses centered on synovial articulations in the neck. Changes consisting of either osteolysis or erosions were evident. All patients had radiculopathy, focal pain, or stiffness. In two patients, the presence of hydroxyapatite crystals was confirmed on biopsy. Symptomatic cervical paraspinal calcifications in patients with collagen vascular disease cause large soft-tissue masses that mimic tumoral calcinosis. |
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