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Young boy with multiple periarticular swellings and discharging sinuses: tumoral calcinosis
M S Kumaran1, S Bhadada, A Bhansali
1Department of Endocrinology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|January 5, 2005
Abstract:
A young boy with periarticular nodules and discharging sinuses diagnosed as tumoral calcinosis is described. The case is reported to highlight its rarity and low index of suspicion for this disease. Mechanisms of these solid tumours deposits and their management are discussed.
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