Calcifying Acne: An Unusual Extraoral Radiographic Finding

Calcinosis cutis is a condition of accumulation of calcium salts within the dermis leading to the formation of a calcified mass. This complication has been reported in acne vulgaris and other systemic metabolic disorders. This paper presents a rare case of calcinosis cutis in a 14-year-old male whic...

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Autores principales: Horgan, Thomas, McNamara, Catherine, Ireland, Anthony, Sandy, Jonathan, Puryer, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29230330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3514936
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author Horgan, Thomas
McNamara, Catherine
Ireland, Anthony
Sandy, Jonathan
Puryer, James
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description Calcinosis cutis is a condition of accumulation of calcium salts within the dermis leading to the formation of a calcified mass. This complication has been reported in acne vulgaris and other systemic metabolic disorders. This paper presents a rare case of calcinosis cutis in a 14-year-old male which was found at a routine orthodontic assessment.
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spelling pubmed-56882572017-12-11 Calcifying Acne: An Unusual Extraoral Radiographic Finding Horgan, Thomas McNamara, Catherine Ireland, Anthony Sandy, Jonathan Puryer, James Case Rep Dent Case Report Calcinosis cutis is a condition of accumulation of calcium salts within the dermis leading to the formation of a calcified mass. This complication has been reported in acne vulgaris and other systemic metabolic disorders. This paper presents a rare case of calcinosis cutis in a 14-year-old male which was found at a routine orthodontic assessment. Hindawi 2017 2017-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5688257/ /pubmed/29230330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3514936 Text en Copyright © 2017 Thomas Horgan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, 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/PMC5688257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29230330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3514936
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