Abstracts tagged "Calcinosis and treatment"

Abstract Number: 2192 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Successful Therapy with Intravenous Sodium Thiosulfate for Adult Dermatomyositis Associated Calcinosis
Maria Constanza Florestano^1,2 and Mauricio Álamo³, ¹University of Valparaiso, Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ²Internal Medicine, Military Hospital, Santiago of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ³Rheumatology, Clinica Dávila, Santiago of Chile, Santiago of Chile, Chile
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of insoluble calcium salts in skin or subcutaneous tissue. In cases related to CTD, presents with normal calcium/phosphorus metabolism,…