|
KMID : 1103720100630030275
|
|
Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
2010 Volume.63 No. 3 p.275 ~ p.285
|
|
|
Radiological Features of Soft Tissue Calcification: A Pictorial Essay
|
|
Lee Yeon-Su
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Calcification of soft tissue may represent a nonspecific local response or be a manifestation of underlying disease. The diagnosis and principle of treatment varies depending on the characteristics of the calcified lesions. Soft tissue calcification is classified by mechanism into 3 types: metastatic calcifications, calcinosis, and dystrophic calcifications. However, classification according to the site and shape of calcification may be more helpful for a clinical diagnosis. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to classify soft tissue calcifications according to their location: vessel, periarticular, joint capsule, tendon, bursa, cartilage, ligament, and in tumors, as well as to document the characteristic radiological findings and causes of calcifications.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Soft Tissue Injuries , Calcification, Physiologic , Radiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
  
|
|