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Definition
: Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues.
deposition of calcium salts in tissues; most texts will say "calcification"; coord IM with organ/diseases term (IM); for calcinosis of the heart, coord IM with CARDIOMYOPATHIES (IM), not HEART DISEASES
See Also
Chondrocalcinosis
Examples
Calciphylaxis
;
CREST Syndrome
;
Nephrocalcinosis
;
Vascular Calcification
Other names
Calcification, Pathologic; Calcinoses; Pathologic Calcification
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Cardiomyopathy, fatal fetal, due to myocardial calcification
0
*Calcinosis
*Fetal Death
*Cardiomyopathies.
Am J Med Genet. 2001;101(3):255-8
Baraitser Brett Piesowicz syndrome
0
*Brain Diseases
*Calcinosis
*Microcephaly.
Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 2
0
*Basal Ganglia Diseases
*Calcinosis.
Primrose syndrome
0
*Abnormalities, Multiple
*Calcinosis
*Ear Diseases
*Intellectual Disability
*Muscular Atrophy.
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification, childhood onset
0
*Basal Ganglia Diseases
*Calcinosis.
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification 1
0
*Brain Diseases
*Calcinosis
*Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Keutel syndrome
0
*Abnormalities, Multiple
*Calcinosis
*Cartilage Diseases
*Hand Deformities, Congenital
*Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.
Whyte Murphy Fallon Sly syndrome
0
*Acidosis, Renal Tubular
*Calcinosis
*Osteopetrosis
Basal Ganglia/abnormalities.
Schofer Beetz Bohl syndrome
0
*Brain Diseases, Metabolic
*Calcinosis
*Diabetes Insipidus
*Intellectual Disability.
Piepkorn Karp Hickok syndrome
0
*Abnormalities, Multiple
*Calcinosis
*Cleft Palate
*Craniosynostoses
*Syndactyly
*Urogenital Abnormalities
*Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Ribs/abnormalities
Toes/abnormalities.
Epilepsy occipital calcifications
0
*Calcinosis
*Epilepsy.
Choroid plexus calcification with mental retardation
0
*Calcinosis
*Intellectual Disability
Choroid Plexus/abnormalities.
Rambaud Galian syndrome
0
*Brain Diseases
*Calcinosis
*Hyaline Membrane Disease
*Ischemia
*Retinal Diseases.
vascular calcification-
associated factor, human
0
*Proteins
Calcinosis.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005 Sep;25(9):1851-7
vascular calcification-
associated factor, Bos taurus
0
*Proteins
Calcinosis.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005 Sep;25(9):1851-7