A Case Report of Tumoral Calcinosis
10.4055/jkoa.1982.17.1.153
- Author:
In Young OK
;
Myung Sang MOON
;
Sang In SHIM
;
In Joo LEE
;
Ik Jong CHUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pathologic calcification;
Tumoral calcinosis;
Both knees
- MeSH:
African Continental Ancestry Group;
Biopsy;
Calcinosis;
Calcium;
Connective Tissue;
Continental Population Groups;
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body;
Humans;
Joints;
Knee;
Knee Joint;
Numismatics;
Physical Examination
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1982;17(1):153-157
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tumoral calcinosis was coined by Inclan in 1943 and thereafter about 40 cases have been reported in the literature, but there has not been reported on a case which involved knee joints. The majority of cases hitherto reported were found in Negro. There was no report in yellow race. Authors presented a case of tumoral calcinosis that involved boih knee joints of a 55 years old Korean housewife. On physical examination chronic draining sinuses with spontaneous extrusion of calcific material was noted on the left infrapatellar region. A radiograph of the both knees showed dense, multinodular deposits of calcium. The masses were confined to the soft tissues; the contiguous joint showed no pathological change. En-block excisianal biopsy was done. The histological section of the excised mass disclosed the foreign-body giant cell with inflamed connective tissue surrounding calcific deposits.
