PubMed · 9336427
Symptomatic spinal calcinosis in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
Abstract
Two patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and spinal calcification, involving the lumbar spine in one and the cervical spine in the other, are described. Computed tomography-guided aspiration of the calcific masses was performed, and material aspirated from one patient was shown to be apatite, Ca5(PO4)3OH. One patient showed improvement following lumbar laminotomy, hemilaminectomy, and diskectomy.
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M Ward, J Curé, S Schabel, E A Smith, H R Schumacher, R M Silver. 1997. Symptomatic spinal calcinosis in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1780401025
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