A sublingual-submandibular calcific mass associated with tumoral calcinosis in a patient with suspected milk-alkali syndrome

The milk-alkali syndrome is a disorder with diverse clinical and biochemical manifestations. It includes three known clinical syndromes. A case of milk-alkali syndrome with associated tumoral calcinosis is presented. The patient developed an unusual oral mass as part of the disease complex. Treatmen...

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Published inOral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 8 - 18
Main Authors Wiggins, Howell E., Karian, Bernard K., Smith, Brian M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.1975
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Biopsy
Calcinosis - complications
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - etiology
Calcinosis - pathology
Collagen Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Dentistry
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypercalcemia - complications
Hypercalcemia - diagnostic imaging
Hypercalcemia - pathology
Male
Mouth Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Mouth Diseases - etiology
Mouth Diseases - pathology
Mouth Diseases - surgery
Mouth Floor - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
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Summary:The milk-alkali syndrome is a disorder with diverse clinical and biochemical manifestations. It includes three known clinical syndromes. A case of milk-alkali syndrome with associated tumoral calcinosis is presented. The patient developed an unusual oral mass as part of the disease complex. Treatment consisted of excision of the intraoral mass, diet management, and surgical correction of the associated ulcer disease.
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ISSN:0030-4220
1878-2175
DOI:10.1016/0030-4220(75)90337-0