Calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis mimicking cold abscess
Nagar, R.P.; Bharati, J.; Sheriff, A.; Priyadarshini, P.; Chumber, S.; Kabra, S.K.
National Medical Journal of India 29(2): 87-88
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0970-258X PMID: 27586213 Document Number: 690365
We report a case of dystrophic calcification presenting as soft cystic swelling in a patient with juvenile dermatomyositis. A 15-year-old boy with lumbosacral cystic swelling, which was considered a cold abscess clinically, was evaluated for nonresponse to antitubercular therapy. The cystic swelling had liquefied calcium with a well circumscribed calcified wall on imaging, which was subsequently excised.