Case report: a report of a rare case tumoral calcinosis syndrome in a patient afflicted with psoriatic arthritis.

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.