[Iclan's tumoral calcinosis in an elderly subject].

Abstract

Tumoural calcinosis rarely occurs in adolescents and young adults. It is characterized by a deposit of calcium in the periarticular soft tissues. We here present two characteristics and original clinical and radiographic images of sporadic left iliac cutaneous tumoural calcinosis causing non-painful swelling in an elderly woman. The study involved a 66-year old female patient with no particular past medical history who presented with polylobal erythematous mass, hard to palpation, that had evolved for 2 months (A). The diagnosis was evoked on the basis of standard frontal X-ray results (B) and biopsy results, and confirmed after histological examination of the surgical specimen. The diagnosis was made after all other possible differential diagnoses of soft tissue calcifications: calcinosis secondary to imbalances in calcium and phosphate levels, post-traumatic calcinosis and others.