Subcutaneous calcifications and hypothyroidism: Is there a missing link?

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2018 Apr;103(2):88-89. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311834. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Authors

Dinesh Giri¹, Ravi Jayaram², Senthil Senniappan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Paediatrics, Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, UK.

PMID: 28137922
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311834

No abstract available

Keywords: Pseudohypoparathyroidism; subcutaneous calcifications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / drug therapy*
Calcinosis / etiology
Calcinosis / physiopathology
Calcium Carbonate / therapeutic use*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Hydroxycholecalciferols / therapeutic use*
Hypothyroidism / complications*
Hypothyroidism / diagnosis
Hypothyroidism / drug therapy*
Hypothyroidism / physiopathology
Male
Therapeutics
Thyroxine / therapeutic use*

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Hydroxycholecalciferols
Calcium Carbonate
Thyroxine
alfacalcidol