Marianne Lepage-Saucier MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Veronique Freire MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Thomas Moser MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Consultant, Horizon Sciences & Technologies Inc

1. Calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposition disease can be treated by ultrasound-guided aspiration and cortisone injection. 2. Calcifications may be seen in arthritis : chondrocalcinosis in calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease and calcinosis in connective tissue diseases. 3. Calcifications can be differenciated from ossifications by the absence of cortical and trabecular organizations. 4. Tumoral or tumor-like calcifications are divided in focal or diffuse soft tissue calcifications and osseous calcifications.

The main objectives of this educational exhibit are : 1. To review the classification and investigation of multiple forms of calcifications in the soft tissues and bones 2. To discuss the treatment options of calcific tendinopathy Table of Contents/Outline : 1. Calcific tendinopathy a. Typical and atypical clinical presentations b. Imaging diagnosis including pitfalls c. Treatment options 2. Calcifications in arthritis a. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease b. Connective tissue diseases 3. Tumoral and tumor-like soft tissue and bone calcifications a. Differenciation between calcifications and ossifications b. Soft tissue calcifications i. Focal ii. Diffuse c. Osseous calcifications

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Lepage-Saucier, M, Freire, V, Moser, T, Calcification: Get Rid of This Rock in Your Shoe!.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14000576.html