Congenital Calcinosis Cutis of the Foot

Calcinosis cutis is a rare disease characterized by deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin. Subepidermal calcified nodule is a form of idiopathic calcinosis cutis that commonly affects children but rarely presents at birth. Herein we describe a healthy 10-month-old boy who had a solitary...

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Autores principales: Tharini, G K, Prabavathy, D, Daniel, S J, Manjula, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837567
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.97675
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author Tharini, G K
Prabavathy, D
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description Calcinosis cutis is a rare disease characterized by deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin. Subepidermal calcified nodule is a form of idiopathic calcinosis cutis that commonly affects children but rarely presents at birth. Herein we describe a healthy 10-month-old boy who had a solitary hard nodule on the left foot since birth. Surgical excision of the nodule was done and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of subepidermal calcified nodule.
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spelling pubmed-34018482012-07-26 Congenital Calcinosis Cutis of the Foot Tharini, G K Prabavathy, D Daniel, S J Manjula, J Indian J Dermatol Case Report Calcinosis cutis is a rare disease characterized by deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin. Subepidermal calcified nodule is a form of idiopathic calcinosis cutis that commonly affects children but rarely presents at birth. Herein we describe a healthy 10-month-old boy who had a solitary hard nodule on the left foot since birth. Surgical excision of the nodule was done and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of subepidermal calcified nodule. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3401848/ /pubmed/22837567 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.97675 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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