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Extensive Subcutaneous Calcification of the Forearm in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusFrom the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand, and the Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Correspondence: Akio Minami. MD, The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15-Jo, Nishi-7-Chome, Kita-Ku. Sapporo 060, Japan. We report two cases with long-standing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed widespread calcification in subcutaneous tissue and peri-articular structures. To our knowledge only 26 case reports have appeared concerning this abnormality in SLE. However, there has been no report of calcification in an SLE patient in the literature of orthopaedic surgery. The calcifications of the forearm were marginally removed because of pain surrounding them. X-ray analysis revealed that the calcification was made of pure calcium phosphate.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 19, No. 5,
638-641 (1994) This article has been cited by other articles:
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