FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE;
TUMORAL CALCINOSIS OF MUSCLE



External view

SCALE BAR=1cm

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Clinical summary: 7 year old female with a 3 month history of a mass at the hip.

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Operative procedure: Wide local resection of gluteus maximus muscle.
Location of the lesion: Gluteus maximus muscle.
Size of the lesion: 5.0 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm.
Characteristics of the lesion: Chalky white, gritty and firm lesion. No tumor was found in the muscle.