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  1. Abate M, Salini V, Schiavone C
    Malays Orthop J, 2016 Jul;10(2):53-55.
    PMID: 28435563 DOI: 10.5704/MOJ.1607.011
    We report the efficacy of the ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment in the management of elbow extensor tendons calcific tendinopathy. The ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment is broadly used with positive results in patients suffering from rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy. However, this interventional method has been reported only in one patient in the medical literature. A 34 years-old female who complained pain, swelling and severe functional limitation of the right elbow was referred to our unit. Elbow radiographs and ultrasound examination showed a soft-fluid calcification above the origin of the extensor tendons. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment was therefore performed. After one year, the patient reported no pain and regained complete range of elbow motion. This method, in well trained hands, is an alternative treatment in the management of the uncommon elbow calcific deposit.

    Study done in Italy
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  2. Al-Qdah M, Ramli AR, Mahmud R
    Comput Biol Med, 2005 Dec;35(10):905-14.
    PMID: 16310014
    This paper uses wavelets in the detection comparison of breast cancer among the three main races in Malaysia: Chinese, Malays, and Indians followed by a system that evaluates the radiologist's findings over a period of time to gauge the radiologist's skills in confirming breast cancer cases. The db4 wavelet has been utilized to detect microcalcifications in mammogram-digitized images obtained from Malaysian women sample. The wavelet filter's detection evaluation was done by visual inspection by an expert radiologist to confirm the detection results of those pixels that corresponded to microcalcifications. Detection was counted if the wavelet-detected pixels corresponded to the radiologist's identified microcalcification pixels. After the radiologist's detection confirmation a new client-server radiologist recording and evaluation system is designed to evaluate the findings of the radiologist over some period of cancer detection working time. It is a system that records the findings of the Malaysian radiologist for the presence of breast cancer in Malaysian patients and provides a way of registering the progress of detecting breast cancer of the radiologist by tracking certain metric values such as the sensitivity, specificity, and receiver operator curve (ROC). The initial findings suggest that no single race mammograms are easier for wavelets' detections of microcalcifications and for the radiologist confirmation even though for this study the Chinese race samples detection average were a few percentages less than the other two races, namely the Malay and Indian races.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/radiography*
  3. Al-Yahya, S.N., Marina, M.B., Lye, M.H., Loo, C.P.
    MyJurnal
    Thyroglossal duct cyst is the most common upper neck midline lesion in children. Approximately 1% of
    thyroglossal duct cyst undergoes malignant transformation. Calcification which is a marker of malignancy
    almost always points out to papillary thyroid carcinoma. Benign case of calcified thyroglossal cyst maybe
    undiagnosed or under reported. We report a case of a 5 year old girl with a benign calcified thyroglossal
    duct cyst, a fourth case in world literature. Here the differences between a benign and malignant
    thyroglossal duct cyst are discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  4. Arasaratnam S, Abdullah BJJ, Fernandez V
    Med J Malaysia, 1998 Sep;53(3):290-2.
    PMID: 10968170
    We present a case of rare pitfall in the diagnosis of an oesophageal foreign body due to the calcified vertical plate of the cricoid to highlight the need to be aware of this entity to avoid unnecessary morbidity.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/diagnosis*; Calcinosis/pathology; Calcinosis/radiography; Calcinosis/surgery
  5. Aris AM, Elegbe EO, Krishna R
    Singapore Med J, 1992 Apr;33(2):204-5.
    PMID: 1621133
    Intubation was difficult and traumatic in a 40-year-old patient presented for emergency oesophagoscopy because the diagnosis of stylohyoid ligament calcification was not suspected. High probability of stylohyoid ligament calcification should be suspected when there is difficulty in lifting the epiglottis and fibre-optic laryngoscopy is suggested as the best way to tackle this problem to prevent trauma and possible risk of regurgitation and aspiration especially in emergency situation.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/pathology*
  6. Arumugasamy N
    Med J Malaya, 1966 Dec;21(2):140-8.
    PMID: 4227385
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/radiography*
  7. Arumugasamy N
    Med J Malaya, 1966 Dec;21(2):149-60.
    PMID: 4227386
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/pathology*
  8. Baharudin A, Rohaida I, Khairudin A
    Acta Inform Med, 2012 Jun;20(2):133-5.
    PMID: 23322967 DOI: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.133-135
    Eagle's syndrome represents a symptomatic styloid process elongation or calcification of stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament. The symptoms include the throat pain radiating to ipsilateral ear or foreign body sensation in the pharynx causing odynophagia and dysphagia. It is commonly unilateral and bilateral cases are rare. We report a case of bilateral elongation of styloid processes treated surgically by transoral approach.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  9. Bicchierai G, Nori J, De Benedetto D, Boeri C, Vanzi E, Bianchi S, et al.
    Breast J, 2020 02;26(2):299-302.
    PMID: 31486197 DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13598
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/pathology
  10. Bohan S, Ramli Hamid MT, Chan WY, Vijayananthan A, Ramli N, Kaur S, et al.
    Sci Rep, 2021 01 08;11(1):129.
    PMID: 33420200 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80124-4
    This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of digital breast tomosynthesis-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy (DBT-VABB) of screening detected suspicious mammographic abnormalities comprising of calcifications, asymmetric densities, architectural distortions and spiculated masses. In this institutionally approved study, a total of 170 (n = 170) DBT-VABB were performed, 153 (90%) were for calcifications, 8 (4.7%) for spiculated mass, 5 (2.9%) for asymmetric density and 4 (2.4%) for architectural distortion. All these lesions were not detected on the corresponding ultrasound. Histopathology results revealed 140 (82.4%) benign, 9 (5.3%) borderline and 21 (12.4%) malignant lesions. The total upgrade rate at surgery was 40% for atypical ductal hyperplasia and 5.9% for ductal carcinoma in-situ. 3.6% discordant benign lesions showed no upgrade. DBT-VABB showed 100% specificity, 91.3% sensitivity and 100% positive predictive value (PPV) for detecting malignant lesions. The negative predictive value (NPV) was 80%. 2 (1.2%) patients had mild complications and 1 (0.6%) had severe pain. Our study showed that DBT-VABB was a safe and reliable method, with high sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV in the diagnosis of non-palpable benign and malignant breast lesions. Our data also confirmed the accuracy of DBT-VABB in detecting malignant lesions and we suggest further surgical excision in borderline lesions for a more accurate diagnostic evaluation.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/pathology; Calcinosis/surgery
  11. Burns-Cox CJ, Prathap K, Clark E, Gillman R
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1969;63(3):409-11.
    PMID: 5815876
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  12. Ch'ng LS, Bux SI, Liam CK, Rahman NA, Ho CY
    Korean J Radiol, 2013 Sep-Oct;14(5):859-62.
    PMID: 24043987 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.5.859
    Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare chronic disease with paucity of symptoms in contrast to the imaging findings. We present a case of a 24-year-old Malay man having an incidental abnormal pre-employment chest radiograph of dense micronodular opacities giving the classical "sandstorm" appearance. High-resolution computed tomography of the lungs showed microcalcifications with subpleural cystic changes. Open lung biopsy showed calcospherites within the alveolar spaces. The radiological and histopathological findings were characteristic of PAM.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/diagnosis*; Calcinosis/surgery
  13. Chai WL, Phang YH, Chong HC
    MyJurnal
    Tumoral calcinosis is an uncommon condition which has been described to exist in primary and secondary forms. A lack of awareness of this entity can lead to unnecessary procedures and incorrect management. We report a case of a patient on peritoneal dialysis who presented with multiple painful joint swellings to the orthopaedic department. An initial diagnosis of septic arthritis was made, then revised to chronic tophaceous gout and referred to the rheumatology unit.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis; Calcinosis/pathology
  14. Che Mohamed SK, Abd Aziz A
    Malays J Med Sci, 2009 Oct;16(4):69-72.
    PMID: 22135515 MyJurnal
    When performing a radiological assessment for a trauma case with associated head injury, a fragment of dense tissue detected near the craniovertebral junction would rapidly be assessed as a fractured bone fragment. However, if further imaging and evaluation of the cervical spine with computerised tomography (CT) did not demonstrate an obvious fracture, then the possibility of ligament calcification would be considered. We present a case involving a previously healthy 44-yearold man who was admitted following a severe head injury from a road traffic accident. CT scans of the head showed multiple intracranial haemorrhages, while scans of the cervical spine revealed a small, well-defined, ovoid calcification in the right alar ligament. This was initially thought to be a fracture fragment. Although such calcification is uncommon, accident and emergency physicians and radiologists may find this useful as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with neck pain or traumatic head injury.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  15. Cheen Hoe AK, Hamzah F, Abdul Khader MA
    Malays J Med Sci, 2014 Sep-Oct;21(5):75-7.
    PMID: 25977638 MyJurnal
    The detection rate of thyroid incidentalomas is increasing; in fact, as many as 2.3% of patients undergoing FDG PET-CT for other indications have been found to have thyroid incidentalomas. The risk of malignancy in these thyroid incidentalomas can be as high as 47%. The increased uptake and the focal uptake pattern of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the thyroid during positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT), and the calcification of the thyroid incidentaloma, are associated with even higher risk of malignancy. We report a case of a lady undergoing FDG PET-CT for breast cancer staging but noted to have a calcified thyroid incidentaloma, which was proven to be follicular thyroid carcinoma.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  16. Chen, Y.N., Nambiar, P.
    Malaysian Dental Journal, 2008;29(1):14-19.
    MyJurnal
    The aim of present study was to determine if the radiological features noticed on dental panoramic radiographs can ascertain the different variants of ameloblastomas. Methods: A total number of 177 cases of ameloblastoma diagnosed in 5 centers in Malaysia were reviewed. The clinical records of these cases were analyzed with respect to age, sex, ethnicity, diagnosis of the lesions, anatomic site, size, side, year of diagnosis, status of the lesion, and characteristics of the lesions. Detailed radiographic features such as septation, calcification, effect on adjacent structures, periosteal reactions, demarcation and cortication of the border of the lesions were recorded. Results: The unicystic, plexiform and acanthomatous ameloblastomas tend to have unilocular radiolucencies as opposed to the follicular ameloblastoma, which demonstrated commonly multilocular radiolucency with soap-bubble appearance. The well-demarcated borders with thin condensed sclerotic border of the lesions appeared to be more significant in unicystic ameloblastoms. Moderately and poorly demarcated lesions are commonly found in follicular and acanthomatous ameloblastomas. Multiplanar pattern of root resorptions, protrusion of roots into lesions and cortical expansions with intact visible margins are commonly seen in ameloblastomas. Conclusion: The various histopathological patterns are not closely related to any specific radiological appearances in the jaws and there seems to be no direct or obvious correlation between the histopathological patterns of the tumours and the radiological appearance of ameloblastomas.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  17. Chin SP, Ng CK, Sim KH
    Indian Heart J, 2007 May-Jun;59(3):211-3.
    PMID: 19124927
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/radiography*
  18. Daud AB, Nuruddin RN
    Neuroradiology, 1988;30(1):84-5.
    PMID: 3357575
    Paraventricular calcification not previously reported in systemic lupus erythematosus was seen in cranial computed tomograms of two patients with this disorder.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/etiology
  19. Ferdaus-Kamudin NA, Mohamed-Haflah NH
    Malays Orthop J, 2018 Mar;12(1):66-68.
    PMID: 29725520 MyJurnal DOI: 10.5704/MOJ.1803.008
    Calcinosis cutis is a rare presentation and not many cases have been reported especially of idiopathic type. We are reporting a case of idiopathic calcinosis cutis of lower limbs in a 33-year old female who presented to our clinic for multiple painless swellings over her lower limbs for the past six months, without any history of trauma or infection. We have decided to observe her condition on regular follow-up and conservative management.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis
  20. Gupta R, Elamvazuthi I, Dass SC, Faye I, Vasant P, George J, et al.
    Biomed Eng Online, 2014;13:157.
    PMID: 25471386 DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-13-157
    Disorders of rotator cuff tendons results in acute pain limiting the normal range of motion for shoulder. Of all the tendons in rotator cuff, supraspinatus (SSP) tendon is affected first of any pathological changes. Diagnosis of SSP tendon using ultrasound is considered to be operator dependent with its accuracy being related to operator's level of experience.
    Matched MeSH terms: Calcinosis/pathology
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