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Tang OY, Sullivan PZ, Tubre T, Feler J, Shao B, Hart J, Gokaslan ZL. Navigation-assisted resection of tumoral calcinosis of the lumbosacral spine: illustrative case. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY: CASE LESSONS 2022; 4:CASE22213. [PMID: 36046265 PMCID: PMC9329862 DOI: 10.3171/case22213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Tumoral calcinosis is an uncommon disease resulting from dystrophic calcium phosphate crystal deposition, with only 7% of cases involving the spine, and it may diagnostically mimic neoplasms.
OBSERVATIONS
In this case, a 54-year-old woman with history of systemic scleroderma presented with 10 months of progressive left lumbosacral pain. Imaging revealed an expansile, 4 × 7-cm, well-circumscribed mass in the lumbosacral spine with L5–S1 neuroforaminal compression. Because intractable pain and computed tomography (CT)-guided needle biopsy did not entirely rule out malignancy, operative management was pursued. The patient underwent L4–S2 laminectomies, left L5–S1 facetectomy, L5 and S1 pediculectomies, and en bloc resection, performed under stereotactic CT-guided intraoperative navigation. Subsequently, instrumented fusion was performed with L4 and L5 pedicle screws and S2 alar-iliac screws. Pathological examination was consistent with tumoral calcinosis, with multiple nodules of amorphous basophilic granular calcified material lined by histiocytes. There was no evidence of recurrence or neurological deficits at 5-month follow-up.
LESSONS
Because spinal tumoral calcinosis may mimic neoplasms on imaging or gross intraoperative appearance, awareness of this clinical entity is essential for any spine surgeon. A review of all case reports of lumbosacral tumoral calcinosis (n = 14 from 1952 to 2016) was additionally performed. The case featured in this report presents the first known case of navigation-assisted resection of lumbosacral tumoral calcinosis.
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- Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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Azami A, Mohebbipour Loron A, Anari H, Matin S. Case report: a report of a rare case tumoral calcinosis syndrome in a patient afflicted with psoriatic arthritis. Arch Osteoporos 2020; 15:106. [PMID: 32700242 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-020-00779-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED In this report, we describe the case in which tumoral calcinosis occurs in a patient afflicted with psoriatic arthritis. INTRODUCTION Tumoral calcinosis is a benign disease which occurs quite rarely. It is similar to a neoplasm and appears as the result of calcium deposition in the soft tissues around large joints. This disease can develop as a primary or secondary disease in patients. CASE REPORT In this report, the authors describe the case in which tumoral calcinosis occurs in a female afflicted with psoriatic arthritis. We review the patient's clinical and para clinical findings. CONCLUSIONS Our report is the first one in which an Iranian patient with psoriatic arthritis has been diagnosed to have tumoral calcinosis. Imaging and pathological examinations are the common diagnostic methods. The main treatment for that is tumor resection.
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- Ahad Azami
- Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Daneshghah Street, Ardabil, Iran.
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Guo R, Kurata T, Kondo T, Imanishi T, Mizuno T, Sakakibara T, Kasai Y. Tumoral calcinosis in the cervical spine: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep 2017; 11:304. [PMID: 29073937 PMCID: PMC5658931 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1474-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in spine. A 55-year-old Japanese woman with cervical tumoral calcinosis is presented, along with a review of the literature relating to tumoral calcinosis in the spine. We discussed the etiology, diagnosis, and management of this condition. Case presentation We report a case of a patient with cervical tumoral calcinosis with end-stage renal disease. A computed tomography scan showed a lobulated, calcified mass around the right facet joint at the fourth-fifth cervical spine and calcifications were also observed in the right intervertebral foramens at fourth-fifth cervical spine and fifth-sixth cervical spine levels and the anterior wall of the spinal canal. By performing a cervical decompression and stabilization, the patient recovered from her neurological symptoms. Conclusions Although tumoral calcinosis is rarely located in the spine, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal lesions. If a calcified mass causes acute neurological symptoms, resection of the mass is still the most important treatment.
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- Rui Guo
- Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.,Department of Orthopaedics, The Third People's Hospital of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sakakibara Onsen Hospital, Tsu City, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Murase Hospital, Suzuka City, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Murase Hospital, Suzuka City, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu City, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
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Zapałowicz K, Stasiów B, Ciupińska-Kajor M, Piwowarski W. Tumoral calcinosis of the cervical spine in a dialysis patient. Case report and review of the literature. Neurol Neurochir Pol 2016; 51:163-169. [PMID: 28012693 DOI: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The authors present a case of tumoral calcinosis (TC) in a patient with chronic renal insufficiency. The clinical course, imaging features and microscopic findings are detailed. A 60-year-old woman with a 4-year history of hemodialysis presented with a painful mass in the right posterior cervical triangle. The neuroimaging revealed polycystic mass bulging from the C3-C5 facet joints and lamina on the right. The majority of cystic mass was excised and microscopic features of the specimen were consistent with TC. Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disease characterized by calcium salt deposits in periarticular soft tissue, which enlarge to form tumor-like cystic masses containing chalky calcareous material. TC is typically seen around large joints but rarely in the spine. Review of past publications provided six cases of TC involving the spine in dialyzed patients.
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- Krzysztof Zapałowicz
- Department of Neurosurgery, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 7 of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Professor Leszek Giec Upper Silesian Medical Centre, Katowice, Poland.
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- The Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 7 of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Professor Leszek Giec Upper Silesian Medical Centre, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Silesia, School of Medicine in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 7 of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Professor Leszek Giec Upper Silesian Medical Centre, Katowice, Poland
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Allameh SF, Anari AG, Gharabaghi MA, Nakhjavani M. A rare disorder: tumoral calcinosis and cirrhosis. BMJ Case Rep 2011; 2011:bcr.06.2010.3082. [PMID: 22688940 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disease characterised by deposition of calcified mass near the joints. The pathogenesis of this disease is not exactly defined. A disorder of calcium and inorganic phosphate metabolism may play a role. Here, we report a case of 19-year-old girl who had both cryptogenic cirrhosis and idiopathic tumoral calcinosis. To our knowledge, there is few report of such concurrence.
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Tumoral calcinosis (TC), a calcium hydroxyapatite-based mass, is common in the extremities and hips, but has rarely been reported in the spine, and has never been reported within the spinal cord. It may occur sporadically, in familial form, or as a consequence of disorders that promote soft-tissue calcification. Gross-total resection appears to be curative, but the diagnosis of TC is rarely considered prior to surgery. In this report, the authors describe the management of the first case of intramedullary TC located at the T-5 level in a 20-month-old boy who presented with lower-extremity spasticity. Additionally, salient features of the TC diagnosis, radiological patterns, histological findings, treatment, and outcomes are discussed.
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- Vivek A Mehta
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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Hodnett P, Moore M, Kinsella S, Kelly D, Plant WD, Maher MM. Radiological features of progressive tumoral calcinosis in chronic renal failure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 51 Spec No.:B115-8. [PMID: 17875130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01788.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present the case of a young adult patient with chronic renal failure who developed painful subcutaneous nodules after failed renal transplant and recommencing dialysis. These nodules were juxta-articular in location and initially located over both shoulders. Radiological evaluation suggested tumoral calcinosis. The patient was placed on a strict dialysis and dietary regimen but was suboptimally compliant with same. The patient developed progressive disease with an increase in size and number of juxta-articular calcified soft-tissue masses. However, 6 months following a second renal transplant clinical and radiological follow up demonstrated marked resolution both in symptomatology and radiographic findings. We present the plain radiographic, CT and MRI findings which demonstrate the typical radiological features of tumoral calcinosis. We correlate these findings with clinical course and histological findings following surgical excision of one of these masses.
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- P Hodnett
- Radiology Department, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
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Ryu K, Takeshita H, Takubo Y, Hirata M, Taniguchi D, Masuzawa N, Kishimoto M, Kubo T. Characteristic appearance of large subcutaneous gouty tophi in magnetic resonance imaging. Mod Rheumatol 2007; 15:290-3. [PMID: 17029080 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0401-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The development of multiple large tophi in patients with gout is rare. We report magnetic resonance (MR) and histological features of large subcutaneous tophi in a 32-year-old male patient with no known arthritis. His subcutaneous lesions were confused with a neoplastic process, evaluated by MR imaging, and surgically excised after biopsy. The honeycomb-like appearance on the gadolinium-enhanced images may reflect the characteristic multilobular structure of the tophi composed of avascular urate deposits and surrounding vascularized granulation tissue.
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- Kazuteru Ryu
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Otsu Municipal Hospital, 9-9 Motomiya, Otsu, 520-0804, Japan.
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Tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease and tumoral calcinosis (TC) are rare non-neoplastic conditions which may cause symptoms of spinal cord compression when they manifest in the perispinal tissues. There is little information available to compare these conditions with each other. We report a case of a patient with such a calcified mass impinging on the spinal cord. A 39-year-old woman on hemodialysis presents with progressive quadriparesis and monoplegia and is found to have a large calcified mass impinging on the spinal cord at the level of C3-4. The mass is excised by an anterior approach with corpectomy and fusion. Pathology was tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease versus TC. Both conditions are very rare in the perispinal tissues with 21 reported cases of tumoral calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease and 39 cases of TC. Both cause compressive symptoms depending on the site of occurrence. Tumoral calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease is characterized by smaller, round, masses typically in ligamentous structures which may erode into adjacent bone. Tumoral calcinosis displays larger, lobulated, irregular lesions which do not erode into bone. Either lesion may contain calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate or hydroxyapatite. Treatment is surgical decompression, though lesions may recur.
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- Andrew P Carlson
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:
Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder presenting with tumor-like masses of calcification, usually in soft tissues around large joints. Although this condition has been reported in the spine, this is the first reported instance of this uncommon lesion occurring in the intradural compartment, involving the filum terminale.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION:
A 55-year-old man presented with back and right leg pain. Initial investigations revealed no cause. A review of his original magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed an intradural calcified mass at L3 level. Surgical exploration was undertaken.
INTERVENTION:
A L3 laminectomy revealed a calcified mass adherent to the filum terminale. Frozen section from this mass revealed tumoral calcinosis involving the filum terminale.
CONCLUSION:
This is the first known case of intradural involvement by tumoral calcinosis. This is an uncommon disorder, and a high index of suspicion is required to diagnose the condition, which can recur if incompletely removed.
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- M Sharma
- Department of Histopathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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