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34-month-old female with tumoral calcinosis. Representative CT slice through the mass showing collections of calcifications separated by radiolucent bands.
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Followup CT (Fig. 1) confirmed a anterior-chest-wall mass measuring 6.9 cm in the cephaldad-to-caudad extent and 4.8 cm in the transverse diameter; the more anterior component measured 3.9 cm and the retrosternal component 1.8 cm in the anterior-posterior diameter.
34-month-old female with tumoral calcinosis. Resected specimen (A) and cross-section (B) showing chalky-white foci of calcification surrounded by fibrous tissue.
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Surgical resection was again performed, excising the mass and portions of the sternum (Fig. 2).
34-month-old female with tumoral calcinosis. Microscopic section of the mass shows foci of calcification (granular pink material) surrounded by multinucleated foreign-body giant cells and a chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Mag x 100 H&E.
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The specimen was a hard spherical mass measuring 4 cm in diameter (Fig. 3).