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Soft tissue calcification

Last revised by Arlene Campos ◉ on 24 Jun 2024

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Citation:

Jones J, Campos A, Weerakkody Y, et al. Soft tissue calcification. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 04 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15072

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15072

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/15072

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15072

Article created:

21 Sep 2011, Jeremy Jones ◉

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At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

24 Jun 2024, Arlene Campos ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Arlene Campos had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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20 times, by 13 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

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Musculoskeletal

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Synonyms:

Differential diagnosis of soft tissue calcification
ST calcification
ST calcifications
Soft tissue calcifications
Differential diagnosis of soft tissue calcifications

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)
- chronic venous insufficiency ²
vascular
- arterial calcification
- phleboliths
metabolic
- CPPD (causing chondrocalcinosis)
- metastatic calcification
- idiopathic tumoral calcinosis
autoimmune diseases
- scleroderma
- dermatomyositis
infection
- cysticercosis
neoplasm
- primary or metastatic osteosarcoma
- synovial osteochondromatosis
trauma
- myositis ossificans
- tendonitis - calcific tendinopathy
- injection site granuloma
- surgical scars
- burns
others

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