Soft Tissue Calcifications
dystrophic, idiopathic, metastasis
types of heterotopic calcification
-antrolith, rhinolith: in sinus, nasal -phlebolith: veins -sailothic: salivary gland -
what are the -liths
osteoma cutis -calcifications in cheek/lip
what are these
calcification from degenerating, diseased or dead tissue -trauma, chronic inflammation, injections EX: lymph nodes, tonsils, arteries
what is dystrophic calcification
laryngeal cartilage calcification
what is pointed to
calcified carotid atheromatous plaque (dsytrophic) -history of STROKE
what is this
lymph node calcification (dystrophic)
what is this
ossified stylohyoid ligament -eagle's syndrome -pain swallowing, turn head, yawning
what is this
sialothis (idiopathic) -calcified salivary glands
what is this
tonsilliths (dystrophic)
what is this
tonsillitis and sialothis
what two things are shown here
-dark green: lymph nodes -light green: tonsilloliths -brown: ossified stylohyoid
identify this picture
deposit Ca in normal tissues, higher Ca and PO, bilateral and symmetrical -hyperthyroidism
define metastatic calcification
-deposit Ca in normal tissues EX: sialothis, phleboiths
describe idiopathic calcification
-calcification: unorganized mineral deposit into soft tissue (D, I, M) -ossification: normal mineralization in abnormal location (stylohyoid)
difference between heterotopic calcification and heterotopic ossification
