Calcinosis metabolica - Altmeyers Encyclopedia

Definition
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Circumscribed (calcinosis metabolica circumscripta) or diffuse(calcinosis metabolica universalis) calcification of the cutis and subcutis (possibly also musculature) without any detectable calcium or phosphate metabolic disorder.
In American literature the terms calcinosis metabolica, dystrophica and idiopathica are used synonymously. This seems to be a useful and pragmatic solution from a clinical point of view. Therefore, in this encyclopedia these terms are listed individually, but are treated under the term"Calcinosis dystrophica".