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dystrophic calcification

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dystrophic calcification
n.
Calcification of degenerated or necrotic tissue.
dystrophic calcification The combination of fat necrosis and caseating necrosis, resulting in the focal deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals in previously damaged tissues–eg, heart valves, scars, foci of TB and atherosclerotic blood vessels–arising in mitochondria, calcification in hyperparathyroidism which develops in the basement membrane of the renal tubules; DC may occur without hypercalcemia or defects of calcium metabolism


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Pathologically, chordoma is a gelatinous, multilobulated mass with areas of dystrophic calcification.
Primary chordoma of the lateral nasal wall: case report and review by Altman, Kenneth W. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The masses are usually firm and gray-white, and dystrophic calcification is common.
Papillary thyroid carcinoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
In our patient, CT and MRI detected dystrophic calcification in a deep lobe parotid mass.
An unusual cause of facial pain: malignant change in a calcified ... by Howlett, David C. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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