Soft tissue calcification is commonly seen and caused by a wide range of pathology.
Differential diagnosis
There is a wide range of causes of soft tissue calcification 1:
- dystrophic soft tissue calcification (most common)
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vascular
- arterial calcification
- phleboliths
- metabolic
- autoimmune diseases
- infection
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neoplasm
- primary or metastatic osteosarcoma
- synovial osteochondromatosis
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trauma
- myositis ossificans
- tendonitis - calcific tendinopathy
- injection site granuloma
- surgical scars
- burns
- others