In a study, 5 of 9 hemodialysis patients undergoing total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation experienced regression of tumoral calcinosis. Immediate parathyroidectomy (PTx) may be an effective ...

Tumoral calcinosis is a kind of tumorous calcified masses, which may progress in patients with chronic renal failure. Uremic tumoral calcinosis in the brachioradialis muscle presented like acute ...

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with mineral and bone metabolism abnormalities. The hyperphosphatemic state ultimately leads to secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (HPT), ...

The definition of tumoral calcinosis is confusing, and various terms have been used to describe the same condition. We agree with Amadei and Petrolani [8] that tumoral calcinosis includes any ...

Study design: A case of thoracic spinal cord compression due to tumoral calcinosis (TC) is reported. Setting: Galiza, Spain. Case report: A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-month ...

Twenty-six cases of tumoral calcinosis are reported from Kenya. The disease, frequently mis-diagnosed, is of unknown origin. It presents as calcified tumours, usually around the hips and buttocks, in ...

Two key references were accidentally omitted from this review. The following reference should have been cited with regard to the finding that mutations in GALNT3 underlie hyperphosphataemic familial ...

A 32-year-old man was referred to our orthopedic service for evaluation of a left plantarmedial forefoot mass that had been present for at least 2 years. He had had intermittent foot pain in the past ...

We present a case of acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel caused by tumoral calcinosis. Wrist immobilization and oral corticosteroids produced ...