Calcinosis cutis

Case 392   Dec 2011 (P. McKee)  F 51 SLE buttock lump 

Calcification with granulomatous response.  Similar to tumoral calcinosis.  ? calcified lupus profundus. 

Case 1041  19.6.14 (H. Diwan)  M 13 canthus (subepidermal calcified nodule variant)  (*teaching) 

Striking deposits of dark blue amorphous material in papillary and mid-dermis.  Moderate underlying reactive inflammatory response.  Characteristic site, age and sex. Normal biochemistry. 

Case 1897  5.9.17 (U. Sundram) F 70 thumb 

Focus of papillary dermal calcification with trans-epidermal elimination.  Secondary to MCTD. 

Case 2082  30.5.18 (H. Diwan)  M 11 eyelid (sub-epidermal calcified nodule) 

Calcified nodules without inflammation, FB reaction or evidence of pre-exisiting pilomatrixoma.  An “adult type” SECN in a child. 

Ref: Subepidermal Calcified Nodules of the Eyelid Differ in Children and Adults  

AlWadani et al. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: July/August 2017 - Volume 33 - Issue 4 - p 304–306  doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000778  

Case 2763  8.2.21 (M. Abdel-Halim) F 26 dermatomyositis.  Buttock nodules. 

Large foci of dystrophic calcinosis in upper dermis. 

Case 2855  16.6.21 (H. Diwan)  M 5 ear mass 

Sub-epidermal calcified nodule 

Case 3009  181.11 (U. Sundram)  M 70 dentists with lesion on thumb 

Tenosynovitis with idiopathic, psammomatous calcification