ArticleCureus2018
Tumoral Calcinosis of the Neck in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis.
Article in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Uremic Tumoral Calcinosis of the Cervical Spine With Symptomatic Myelopathy: An Illustrative Case.Cureus · 2026Article
- Systemic sclerosis-associated compressive cervical calcinosis: intersection of degenerative spine instability, lesional spinal cord compression, and traumatic spinal cord injury. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tumoral calcinosis (TC) is rare in patients with systemic sclerosis but is associated with morbidity. Paraspinal TC may cause severe pain and potentially devastating neurological deficits. Surgical decompression by removing the TC masses and applying surgical techniques to support the spine have provided substantial relief of the symptoms in the majority of cases. However, death has occurred in the immediate postoperative period and can even occur after several months. Current indications for surgery include intractable neck pain and, most importantly, the development of neurological deficits. We present a patient with systemic sclerosis and symptomatic paraspinal TC in the neck treated conservatively for two years. This case report illustrates conditions permitting the sustained conservative treatment of paraspinal TC in systemic sclerosis patients.
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