Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis over Face—a Case Report

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Data Availability

All the data regarding the findings are available within the manuscript.

References

  1. Muddegowda PH, Lingegowda JB, Ramachandrarao RK, Konapur PG (2011) Calcinosis cutis: report of 4 cases. J Lab Physicians 3(2):125–126

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Brinster N, Calonje E (2012) Degenerative and metabolic diseases. In: Mckee PH, Calonje E, Brenn T, Lazar A (eds) McKee’s pathology of the skin with clinical correlations, 14th edn. Elsevier publishers, China, pp 566–571

    Google Scholar 

  3. Virchow R (1855) Kalk-metastasen. Virchows Arch Path Anat 8:103–113

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Reiter N, El-Shabrawi L, Leinweber B, Berghold A, Aberer E (2011) Calcinosis cutis: part I. Diagnostic pathway J Am Acad Dermatol 65(1):1–14

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Alsaif F, Abduljabbar AM (2017) Unilateral idiopathic calcinosis cutis: a case report. Case Rep Dermatol 9:20–24

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Dubey S, Sharma R, Maheshwari V (2010) Scrotal calcinosis: idiopathic or dystrophic? Dermatol Online J 16:5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Marzano AV, Kolesnikova LV, Gasparini G, Alessi E (1999) Dystrophic calcinosis cutis in subacute lupus. Dermatology 198:90–92

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Sawke GK, Rai T, Sawke N (2016) Iatrogenic calcinosis cutis: a rare cytological diagnosis. J Cytol 33(3):166–168

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Boulman N, Slobodin G, Rozenbaum M et al (2005) Calcinosis in rheumatic diseases. Semin Arthritis Rheum 34:805–812

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Lopez AT, Grossman ME (2017) Facial calcinosis cutis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report of tissue injury owing to photosensitivity as the cause of dystrophic calcification. JAAD Case Reports 3:460–463

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Deza G, Sanchez-Schmidt JM, Pujol RM (2016) Solitary plaque-type morphea with dystrophic calcinosis cutis. Acta Derm Venereol 96:418–419

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

    Suman Patra

  2. Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, AIIMS, Mangalagiri, AP, India

    Tummidi Santosh

  3. Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, AIIMS, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

    Sanjiv Vijay Choudhary

  4. Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, AIIMS, Bhopal, MP, India

    Ashwani Tandon

Authors
  1. Suman Patra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Tummidi Santosh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sanjiv Vijay Choudhary
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Ashwani Tandon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

SP carried out concepts and design and literature search, and participated in the clinical study. TS carried out data acquisition, data analysis, and manuscript preparation and will stand as guarantor also. SC carried out concepts and design and literature search. AT carried out concepts and design and literature search. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tummidi Santosh.

Ethics declarations

Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate

This case study was conducted in accordance with the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent for Publication

Written consent for the publication and any additional related information was taken from the patient involved in the study.

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Presentation at a Meeting

Nil

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Patra, S., Santosh, T., Choudhary, S.V. et al. Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis over Face—a Case Report. Indian J Surg Oncol 12, 793–795 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-021-01441-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-021-01441-2

Search

Navigation