Dysplastic cutaneous osteomatosis. A unique case of true osteoma

Arch Dermatol. 1981 Dec;117(12):797-9. doi: 10.1001/archderm.117.12.797.

Abstract

A unique cas of dermal calcification occurred in a 14-month-old femal infant. Results of all pertinent laboratory data obtained on this patient were within normal limits except for an elevation of the heat labile fraction of alkaline phosphatase. A skin biopsy specimen showed irregularly shaped deposits of calcified osteoid with osteoblasts. As yet, neither the cause nor the prognosis of this disease has been delineated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Osteoma / diet therapy
  • Osteoma / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*