Calcification

Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral: This condition described in 1930 by T.
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Cranial calcification is a disorder in which calcium that enters the body, which is usually absorbed by the bones and teeth, is deposited in another area of the body such as the brain.
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Mild aortic calcification usually requires no treatment. If the valve becomes narrowed (stenotic), aortic valve replacement surgery may be necessary.
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Calcification is the process by which fibers of a tendon become hardened by a deposit of calcium salts, causing inflammation.
What are the symptoms?
Calcific tendonitis can be mild or severe. Symptoms include: ...
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Calcification and fatty cholesterol deposits in the middle cerebral artery reduces the main blood supply to the brain, resulting in a poor oxygen supply to the brain. This produces a loss of memory and typical "senile" changes.
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Slow calcification of the thin elastic fibres of the retina at the back of the eyes eventually affects about 60 per cent of PXE sufferers, usually by the time they reach middle age. Sometimes this leads to a complete loss of their central vision.
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microcalcification (MY-krow-kal-si-fi-KAY-shun)
A tiny deposit of calcium in the breast that cannot be felt but can be detected on a mammogram. A cluster of these very small specks of calcium may indicate that cancer is present.
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electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) Noninvasive, imaging study for detection of plaque calcifications in coronary arteries, indicated as an alternative to invasive cardiac catheterization and angiography procedures.
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[11,13] The speed of CT is desirable for evaluating clinically unstable patients; it is superior for detecting calcification, skull lesions, ...
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This narrowing may be due to a loss of elasticity of the pulley or even some calcification, (the deposition of calcium salts within a tissue or structure).
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While these changes in the breast tissue are microscopic, they may show up on mammograms as calcifications and can produce lumps. Usually a biopsy is necessary to distinguish this condition from cancer.
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Some cysts will develop characteristic hardening of organ tissues from calcium deposits (calcifications). Blood tests to detect antibodies are useful when positive, but up to 50% of patients have negative results.
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Gallbladder attacks are usually due to gallstones, although infection, calcification, cancer and other rare abnormalities of the gallbladder can be the cause.
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X-rays may reveal bone cysts in the jaw, calcification of falx cerebri (mineral deposits in the brain), and multiple bone abnormalities.
Skin biopsy of tumors may be used to determine that they are basal cell carcinoma.
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS - An inherited condition that results in the progressive calcification and hardening of the ligaments in the spinal column. Most commonly affects the neck and lower back.
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However, sometimes, as when there is scar tissue or calcification in the node, it will not return to normal size and will stay enlarged.
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Extensive ballooning of the mitral valve (rather than one isolated flap puffing up).
Severe hardening (calcification) of the valve.
Prolapse of the valve at an unusual location.
Damage to the valve from infection (endocarditis).
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Other less common features of the alkaptonuria include pigment deposition (aortic or mitral valve calcification or regurgitation and occasionally aortic dilatation), renal stones, and prostate stones.
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Arterial blood gases may reveal metabolic acidosis.
Bone x-rays may show decalcification or changes in the shape or structure of the bones.
A bone biopsy is rarely performed but will confirm rickets.
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In cases that heal within about a year, the plaque does not advance beyond an initial inflammatory phase. In cases that persist for years, the plaque undergoes fibrosis, or formation of tough fibrous tissue, and even calcification, ...
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