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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Calcinosis Cutis
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Calcium Metabolism Disorders > Calcinosis > Calcinosis Cutis

Preferred term

Calcinosis Cutis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Calcification, Cutaneous
  • Cutaneous Calcification
  • Cutaneous Calcifications

Scope note

  • Pathological deposition of calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Excessive calcification of the skin may be associated with underlying diseases that cause tissue damage (e.g., EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; and WERNER SYNDROME) or that cause abnormal calcium and phosphate metabolism (e.g., CALCIPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; and SARCOIDOSIS).

History note

  • 2023

In other languages

  • ihon kalsinoosi

    Finnish

  • ihon kalkkeutuminen
  • kalkkeutumien kertyminen ihoon
  • kalsiumin kertyminen ihoon

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000092182

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