Soft tissue Flashcards
Gynacomastia
Physiologic with increased estrogen, estrogen secreting tumor, digitalis, ACE inhibitor, gonadotrophin
Linear/Curvilinear calcification
Arterial - Artheroma/aneurysm, diabetes, hyperparathyroidism
Nerve - leprosy, NF
Ligament - tendonitis, AS, fluorosis, diabetes, alkaptonuria
Bismuth injections
Parasitic - Cysticerci, Guinea worm, Loa loa, Armillifer
Sheet-like calcification
Dermatomyositis, polymyositis, SLE
Soft tissue calcification
Connective tissue (Scleroderma, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), Metabolic (Gout, CPPD, HADD, tumoral calcinosis, hyperparathyroidism, sarcoidosis, hypervitaminosis D), Traumatic (Myositis ossificans, hematoma, calcifying myonecrosis, burns), Neo (benign - parosteal lipoma, hemangioma, SCM / Mal - Parosteal osteosarcoma, Extraskeletal osteosarcoma synovial sarcoma)
Soft tissue ossification
Traumatic (Myositis ossifican, surgery, burns, neurogenic), Neo (Synovial sarcoma, parosteal osteosarcoma, liposarcoma), Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva