Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences (Jan 2017)

Ulcerated calcinosis cutis

  • Ganesh Singh Dharmshaktu,
  • Tanuja Pangtey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/amhs.amhs_103_17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 279 – 280

Abstract

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Calcinosis cutis is an uncommon disorder resulting in the deposition of calcium salts underneath the skin and subcutaneous tissues. Asymptomatic, giant lesion is a rare finding and rarer if present bilaterally over iliac bones. Frictional ulceration may at times be presenting feature of a chronic lesion that requires excisional biopsy.

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