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Calcinosis
Specialty	Endocrinology

Calcinosis is the formation of calcium deposits in any soft tissue.

Types

Dystrophic calcification

The most common type of calcinosis is dystrophic calcification. This type of calcification can occur as a response to any soft tissue damage, including that involved in implantation of medical devices.

Metastatic calcification

Metastatic calcification involves a systemic calcium excess imbalance, which can be caused by hypercalcemia, kidney failure, milk-alkali syndrome, lack or excess of other minerals, or other causes.

Tumoral calcinosis

The cause of the rare condition of tumoral calcinosis is not entirely understood. It is generally characterized by large, globular calcifications near joints.

References

External links

Univ. Washington School of Medicine article on Soft Tissue Calcifications

Metal deficiency and toxicity disorders

Iron

excess:	Iron overload Hemochromatosis Hemochromatosis/HFE1 Juvenile/HFE2 HFE3 African iron overload/HFE4 Aceruloplasminemia Atransferrinemia Hemosiderosis Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation
deficiency:	Iron deficiency

Copper

excess:	Copper toxicity Wilson's disease
deficiency:	Copper deficiency Menkes disease/Occipital horn syndrome

Zinc

excess:	Zinc toxicity
deficiency:	Acrodermatitis enteropathica

Other

Inborn errors of metabolism

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