%0 Journal Article
%T Soft tissue calcium deposits
%A Yeong Yeh Lee
%A Yoen Young Chuah
%J Archive of "Annals of Saudi Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.5144/0256-4947.2017.251
%X Calcinosis cutis is a disorder characterized by the deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the skin or subcutaneous tissue. There are five subtypes of calcinosis cutis: dystrophic, metastatic, idiopathic, iatrogenic, and calciphylaxis. The skin lesions (Figure 1) and the abdominopelvic x-ray (Figure 2) findings are compatible with dystrophic calcinosis cutis, and this condition is most often associated with autoimmune connective tissue disease. The patient had a negative workup for autoimmune markers
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150575/