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Title: Tumoral calcinosis: Serial images to monitor successful dietary therapy

Abstract

Tumoral calcinosis involves formation of periarticular calcified soft tissue masses. Experimental evidence suggests a metabolic etiology with dietary restriction of calcium and phosphorus as beneficial therapy. We prospectively monitored serum levels of calcium, phosphorous, alkaline phosphatase, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) while successfully treating a patient with tumoral calcinosis. The values were compared with changes on serial radiographic and radionuclide bone and gallium images. Our work suggests using serial serum phosphate levels and the ESR as the most sensitive indications of progress in dietary treatment of tumoral calcinosis.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5050649
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Skelet. Radiol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; SKELETON; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; GALLIUM 67; IMAGES; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; MDPA; METABOLISM; PATIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKELETAL DISEASES; TECHNETIUM 99; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANIMAL TISSUES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; CHELATING AGENTS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENZYMES; ESTERASES; ESTERS; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROLASES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; METALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TISSUES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-); 550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Manaster, B J, and McDowell Anderson, T Jr. Tumoral calcinosis: Serial images to monitor successful dietary therapy. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.1007/BF00349577.
Manaster, B J, & McDowell Anderson, T Jr. Tumoral calcinosis: Serial images to monitor successful dietary therapy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349577
Manaster, B J, and McDowell Anderson, T Jr. 1982. "Tumoral calcinosis: Serial images to monitor successful dietary therapy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349577.
@article{osti_5050649,
title = {Tumoral calcinosis: Serial images to monitor successful dietary therapy},
author = {Manaster, B J and McDowell Anderson, T Jr},
abstractNote = {Tumoral calcinosis involves formation of periarticular calcified soft tissue masses. Experimental evidence suggests a metabolic etiology with dietary restriction of calcium and phosphorus as beneficial therapy. We prospectively monitored serum levels of calcium, phosphorous, alkaline phosphatase, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) while successfully treating a patient with tumoral calcinosis. The values were compared with changes on serial radiographic and radionuclide bone and gallium images. Our work suggests using serial serum phosphate levels and the ESR as the most sensitive indications of progress in dietary treatment of tumoral calcinosis.},
doi = {10.1007/BF00349577},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5050649}, journal = {Skelet. Radiol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 8:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}