Calcinosis Overview
Learn About Calcinosis
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Charles Sharp is an Endocrinologist and a Geriatrics provider in Pasadena, California. Dr. Sharp and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, and Hashimoto Thyroiditis.
Kyaw Lyn is an Internal Medicine provider in West Covina, California. Dr. Lyn and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Gangrene, Osteomyelitis in Children, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Renovascular Hypertension.
Sabah Kadhium is a Family Medicine provider in West Covina, California. Dr. Kadhium and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Sepsis, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.
Summary: Ectopic soft tissue calcifications or ossifications can complicate the course of numerous diseases; most of them are rare or very rare. Even if the clinical, radiological and pathological presentation of ectopic calcifications and ossifications are different, the same hypotheses are discussed considering their hypothetical pathophysiology. Indeed, high calcium phosphate product, local cellular les...
Summary: Conventional mammography, breast sonography and breast MRI have specific weaknesses. In particular, mammography has a low sensitivity for the detection of mammary carcinoma in patients with a dense breast. Phase contrast mammography could help to overcome some of these limitations. Observational study.