Calcinosis circumscripta associated with polydioxanone suture in two young dogs
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B M Kirby1, J S Knoll, P A Manley
1Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Veterinary Surgery : VS
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Calcinosis circumscripta associated with polydioxanone suture material was diagnosed in two young dogs. In each case, the owner noticed a firm mass at the site of a previous surgical incision. Mineralization of soft tissues was visible radiographically. At excision, multiple chalky white nodular masses within the subcutis extended in a linear pattern the length of the sutured incision, but not beyond it. Polydioxanone suture was identified within the center of the nodules, which were identified histologically as calcinosis circumscripta.