calcinosis/edema

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is commonly associated with the CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) syndrome. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is often used to assess acute vasoresponsiveness in patients with PAH, and reports of adverse

Dermatomyositis of childhood onset is characterized by vasculitic lesions and often complicated by calcinosis. We describe 32 patients with juvenile dermatomyositis. All suffered from vasculitic skin changes like facial erythema often with edema, Gottron's sign, telangiectasias, erythematous

The purpose of this case study is to describe the surgical treatment of idiopathic ulcerative cutaneous calcinosis or calcinosis cutis of the lower extremity. A 77-year-old Latin American female who reported no significant past medical history presented to our hospital's emergency department from

Esophageal mucosal calcinosis (EMC) is a rare cause of dysphagia with high morbidity. We present a patient who experienced melena and 3 months of solid and liquid dysphagia along with bilateral lower extremity pain, erythema, and edema later determined to be calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), or

BACKGROUND Calcinosis cutis is usually seen in long standing and untreated cases of juvenile dermatomyositis. METHODS 7-year-old girl with severe calcinosis cutis who developed cutaneous ulceration, rash and myopathy. METHODS Myopathic changes in EMG, muscle edema in MRI, elevated muscle enzymes and

Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, rarely involves the cervical spine. The disorder can induce dystrophic calcinosis that can cause spinal canal stenosis and spinal instability. An association between this pathology with acute traumatic central cord syndrome and dural erosion is rare. This case

Nonimmune hydrops fetalis has been described in a large number of pathological conditions, but brain aspect has been poorly explored. We report the neuropathological findings in a series of 38 fetuses and neonates with anasarca of various origin. Fourteen fetal cerebral ultrasonograms were

Pulmonary opacities following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) are frequent due to pneumonia, infarction, or pulmonary edema. Metastatic pulmonary calcifications are present as persistent opacities that may mimic these conditions. In a series of 91 patients who underwent OLT, chest radiographs

A syndrome of pulmonary alveolar septal calcinosis, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum, leading to rapidly progressive acute respiratory insufficiency and death was observed in 2 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Primary clinical and radiological considerations in these patients

Since 1998, at the National Cancer Institute (Milan, Italy), a study has been carried on relative to primary chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancers (greater than 3 cm diameter). Aim of the study is to obtain tumor reduction and thus allow a conservative treatment to be performed. The

Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare systemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by inflammation of the muscle, skin and digestive tract, with variable outcome. The diagnostic criteria include proximal symmetrical muscular weakness, characteristic skin rashes, elevation of skeletal muscle

Metastatic pulmonary calcinosis is a rare complication seen in malignancies accompanied by hypercalcemia, or chronic renal failure. We reviewed the clinicopathological findings of 8 cases of metastatic pulmonary calcinosis accompanied malignancy revealed at autopsy. The underlying diseases were

Dermatomyositis (DM) patients typically present with proximal weakness and autoantibodies that are associated with distinct clinical phenotypes. We observed that DM patients with autoantibodies recognizing the nuclear matrix protein NXP-2 often presented with especially severe weakness. The aim of

Pulmonary calcinosis is a recognized complication of renal failure. The resulting pulmonary compromise may be severe or even fatal. The potential contribution of hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and increased calcium-phosphorus product to the development of pulmonary calcinosis has been

Calcinosis circumscripta, usually associated with scleroderma, Raynaud's phenomenon, and telangiectasia, usually affects middle aged persons and is more common in females than males in a ratio of 6 to 1. The etiology is unknown, and onset of the lesion is slow and insidious. It occurs in the