| Physical therapy is directed at preventing atrophy and contractures, and is particularly necessary in patients with calcinosis and muscle involvement. |
| Vinpocetine has successfully reversed tumoral calcinosis in hemodialysis patients with renal failure. |
| Uric-acid salts are deposited in gout, calcium salts in calcinosis, lipids in xanthomatosis, an abnormal protein in amyloidosis, mucin in myxedema, and porphyrins in porphyria. |
| Other involvements of the skin can be less frequent such as sclerodactyly, edema, and calcinosis. |
| In addition to these findings, he had calcinosis cutis on elbows, knees, hips, and fingers, as well as photosensitivity. |
| The first clinical differential diagnoses were cutaneous SLE, nephrogenous dermatopathy, calciphylaxis, and calcinosis. |
