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What is a calcinosis?

What is a calcinosis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The abnormal deposition of calcium salts in the soft tissue of the body
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Examples of nonspecific lesions include erythema nodosum, clubbing, calcinosis cutis, and erythema multiforme.
Calcinosis, in which stony deposits form in the lobster's gills, causing respiratory failure, is caused by excess calcium.
Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of amorphous calcium hydroxyapatite, forming subcutaneous nodules.
Other involvements of the skin can be less frequent such as sclerodactyly, edema, and calcinosis.
Calcinosis occurs rarely at the injection site and is more frequent in patients with abnormal calcium phosphate product, such as in some cases of chronic renal failure.
In addition to these findings, he had calcinosis cutis on elbows, knees, hips, and fingers, as well as photosensitivity.

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