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Generalized Calcium Deposition With Intracranial Surgical Lesion
Arch Neurol. 2003;60:1801-1802.
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A 60-YEAR-OLD man had a 1-week history of headache and right-sided motor weakness. On physical examination, firm, immobile nodules were noted over the frontal scalp, face, jaw, shoulders, hands, chest, and abdomen. Some of the nodules were associated with calcified scars (Figure 1). Neurologically, the patient had moderate right hemiparesis. He had no history of recent head trauma. A computed tomographic scan showed a subdural hematoma with massive brain shift and a high-density area in the forehead, as well as subcutaneous calcifications in the face (Figure 2). Radiography of the chest demonstrated widespread and multiple small spotted radio-opaque deposits. Results of laboratory examinations, including endocrine and metabolic tests, were within the normal ranges.
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Figure 1. Photograph shows subcutaneous calcified plates in the forehead and face, and large calcified scars in the chest.
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Figure 2. Computed tomographic scan shows massive subdural hematoma with mixed density areas (arrows) . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Kiyotaka Kohshi, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Occupational and
Environmental Health
1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku
Kitakyushu 807-8555
Japan
Chitoshi Kadoya, MD;
Yoshiki Kuroda, MD;
Haruhiko Abe, MD
Kitakyushu
Hirofumi Yasugawa, MD
Fukuoka, Japan
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