슬개골전 점액낭에 발생한 Tumoral Calcinosis - 증례보고 -

Tumoral calcinosis of the prepatellar bursa -a case report-

1. 10세 남아 환자에서 슬개골전 점액낭에 발생한 드문 형태의 Tumoral Calcinosis를 치험하였다. 2. 이 환자에서도 고인산혈증을 보여 일부 외국 저자들이 주장한 인산대사 장애설을 시사하였다. 3. 본 증례는 수술적 치료만으로도 만족스럽게 치유되었다.

Tumoral calcinosis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology, which is characterized by the developement of large calcified masses overlying the large joints in otherwise healthy subjects. If histologic tests are not confirmed, the condition may be treated erroneously as bursitis. This report describes the case of a 10-year-old man with tumoral calcinosis of the knee, a joint very rarely affected by this unusual disorder. Microscopically the tumor consists of a stroma of chronic inflammatory tissue surrounding cystic spaces containing calcium-rich material. We made excision alone, and the patient made an uneventful recovery with no evidence of recurrence up to 13 months postoperatively.