Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the penis

Calcification of the skin occurs in four main forms namely dystrophic, metastatic, iatrogenic and idiopathic. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the penis is exceedingly rare as only five cases have been reported till date to the best of our knowledge. Herein, we present another case of this rare entity...

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Autores principales: Tainwala, Ram, Sharma, Y. K., Gaur, Niti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130192
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.73258
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description Calcification of the skin occurs in four main forms namely dystrophic, metastatic, iatrogenic and idiopathic. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the penis is exceedingly rare as only five cases have been reported till date to the best of our knowledge. Herein, we present another case of this rare entity in a 29-year old man and discuss its probable pathogenic origin.
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spelling pubmed-34814112012-11-05 Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the penis Tainwala, Ram Sharma, Y. K. Gaur, Niti Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Calcification of the skin occurs in four main forms namely dystrophic, metastatic, iatrogenic and idiopathic. Idiopathic calcinosis cutis of the penis is exceedingly rare as only five cases have been reported till date to the best of our knowledge. Herein, we present another case of this rare entity in a 29-year old man and discuss its probable pathogenic origin. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3481411/ /pubmed/23130192 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.73258 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481411/
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