Fabio Sandomenico
Radiology Department, National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation, via M. Semmola 53, I-80131 Naples Italy
Antonio Corvino
1Motor Science and Wellness Department, University of Naples “Parthenope”, via F. Acton 38, I-80133 Naples, Italy 2Advanced Biomedical Sciences Department, University Federico II of Naples (UNINA), via S. Pansini 5, I-80131 Naples Italy
Francesco Michele Ronza
Radiology Department, CTO Hospital - AORN Ospedali dei Colli, viale Colli Aminei 21 Naples, Italy
Orlando Catalano
Radiology Unit, Istituto Diagnostico Varelli, via Cornelia dei Gracchi 65, I-80126 Naples Italy
Flavio Fazioli
Oncological Orthopedics Department, National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation, via M. Semmola 53, I-80131 Naples Italy.
Anna De Chiara
Pathology Department, National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation, via M. Semmola 53, I-80131 Naples Italy
Maria Raffaela Campanino
Advanced Biomedical Sciences Department, University Federico II of Naples (UNINA), via S. Pansini 5, I-80131 Naples Italy
Mauro Porcaro
Advanced Biomedical Sciences Department, University Federico II of Naples (UNINA), via S. Pansini 5, I-80131 Naples Italy
Domenico Tafuri
Motor Science and Wellness Department, University of Naples “Parthenope”, via F. Acton 38, I-80133 Naples, Italy
Antonella Petrillo
Radiology Department, National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation, via M. Semmola 53, I-80131 Naples Italy
Keywords
Calcifications; Tumoral Calcinosis, Teutschlander disease, Musculo-Skeletal (MSK) Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Abstract
We describe radiographic, contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI findings with pathologic correlations of an unusual recurrence of tumoral calcinosis, also called Teutschlander disease. The disease was silent in the first decade of life, when it appeared with elbows recurring lesions, until the seventh decade of life, when a left hip active growth lesion developed. A review about tumoral calcinosis pathogenesis, clinical course and imaging differential diagnosis is reported.
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