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Calcified lesion
Introduction
Calcification is the accumulation of calcium salts in a body tissue. It normally occurs in the formation of bone, but calcium can be deposited abnormally in soft tissue, causing it to harden. Calcifications may be classified on whether there is mineral balance or not, and the location of the calcification. It can refer to different concepts:
- Bone calcification
- Brain calcification
- Coronary artery calcification
- Dystrophic calcification
- Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification
- Metastatic calcification