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Calcinosis (or cutaneous calcification)
Is a type of calcinosis wherein calcium deposits form in the skin. A variety of factors can result in this condition. The most common source is dystrophic calcification, which occurs in soft tissue as a response to injury.
Symptoms:
- Trauma
- Acne
- Varicose veins
- Infections
- Tumours (pilomatrixoma, cysts, basal cell carcinomas and others)
- Connective tissue disease (dermatomyositis, systemic sclerosis, cutaneous lupus erythematosus)
- Panniculitis
- Inherited diseases of connective tissue (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Werner syndrome, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Rothmund-Thomson syndrome)
Preliminary plan:
- Dermatologist appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Calcium in daily urine
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Calcium
- Phosphorus
- Glucose
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Cholesterol
- HDL Cholesterol
- LDL Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- CK-creatine kinase
- Histological examination of affected skin