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==Dystrophic calcification== | ==Dystrophic calcification== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Secondary to [[necrosis]] (coagulative, caseous, liquefactive).<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_20-21>{{Ref PCPBoD8|20-21}}</ref> | *Secondary to [[necrosis]] (coagulative, caseous, liquefactive).<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_20-21>{{Ref PCPBoD8|20-21}}</ref> | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amyloidosis,_dystrophic_calcification,_H%26E.jpg Dystrophic calcification (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amyloidosis,_dystrophic_calcification,_H%26E.jpg Dystrophic calcification (WC)]. | ||
==Metastatic calcification== | |||
===General=== | |||
Causes of elevated calcium mnemonic ''GRIMED'':<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_21>{{Ref PCPBoD8|21}}</ref><ref>{{Ref TN2006 |Emerg.}}</ref> | |||
*[[Granulomatous disease]], e.g. [[tuberculosis]], [[sarcoidosis]]. | |||
*Renal failure. | |||
*Immobility. | |||
*Malignancy, e.g. metastases to bone, [[multiple myeloma]]. | |||
*Endocrine disorders - especially those that elevate PTH. | |||
*Drugs. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||