| • | dystrophic calcification secondary to tissue damage - dermatomyositis (especially juvenile), CREST, heel stick calcification (of newborn) secondary to nursery sticks, white, resolves spontaneously before child walks |
| • | metastatic calcification increased serum level of calcium or phosphate - calciphylaxis |
| • | idiopathic calcification unassociated with tissue damage or demonstrable metabolic disorder - idiopathic scrotal calcinosis, subepidermal calcified nodule (of newborn) |
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Calcium: |
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Sturge-Weber syndrome |
tram-track calcification of ipsilateral cortex |
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basal cell nevus syndrome |
calcification of falx cerebri |
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Darier’s disease |
mutation = SERCA2 gene (encodes a Ca2+- transporting ATPase) |
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sarcoid |
hypercalcemia 11%, hypercalcuria 40% |
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subcutaneous fat necrosis of newborn |
check for hypercalemia |
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pustular psoriasis |
hypocalcemia |
Lesions with calcium as part of histology PXE, pilomatricoma, subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn