Ultrasonographic microcalcification is highly related to papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and pathologic psammoma body is a poor prognostic factor. However, it is little known about whether the ...

Pathologic soft tissue calcification can occur in both genetic and acquired clinical conditions, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Although the pathomechanisms of pathologic calcification ...

Background: Pathologic calcification of cartilage, characterized by the deposition of calcium-containing crystals, is a pivotal feature in osteoarthritis (OA). Lysyl oxidases (LOX(L)) are a group of ...

ABSTRACT: Objective: The purpose of this case-study was to perform morphological and molecular analysis of articular cartilage biopsies from the femoral condyle of a 33 year old woman with ...

Dystrophic or ectopic mineral deposition occurs in many pathologic conditions, including atherosclerosis. Calcium mineral deposits that frequently accompany atherosclerosis are readily quantifiable ...

A new study published suggests that the connection between coronary artery calcification—a measure of calcium buildup in the arteries—and bone mineral density may be driven in part by shared genetic ...

1 Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV, Department of Medicine, Lasuanne, Switzerland 3 Lausanne ...

THE association of gout and demonstrable calcification of cartilage has received scanty mention in the medical literature. The present study demonstrates that in a high percentage of patients with ...