Table 1.
Presentation of 18 cases of calcinosis cutis after administration of calcium preparations in the Japanese literature between 1990 and 2012
| Drip leak | Lesion | Age | Calcium prepa-rations used | Serum calcium/phosphate | First author | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | − | dermis | 61 years | CG, CC | →/→ | Our case | 2012 |
| 2 | − | dermis | 7 years | CG, CC | →/→ | Shimizu [15] | 1998 |
| 3 | − | dermis | 63 years | CG | →/unknown | Sugiyama [9] | 2005 |
| 4 | − | NB | 22 days | CG | ↓/unknown | Tsukahara [11] | 2001 |
| 5 | − | NB | 1 year | CG | →/unknown | Usui [8] | 2007 |
| 6 | − | NB | 11 days | CG | ↓/unknown | Seike [5] | 2008 |
| 7 | − | NB | 2 months | CG | ↓/unknown | Seike [5] | 2008 |
| 8 | − | NB | 2 months | CG | unknown | Ono [7] | 2008 |
| 9 | + | dermis | 13 days | CG | ↓/→ | Sakai [3] | 1995 |
| 10 | + | dermis | 36 years | CG | ↑/↑ | Akimoto [13] | 1990 |
| 11 | + | dermis | 3 years | CG | →/unknown | Yahata [10] | 2002 |
| 12 | + | dermis | 9 years | CG | ↓/→ | Sato [12] | 1999 |
| 13 | + | dermis subcutis | 30 days | CG | →/unknown | Baba [4] | 2008 |
| 14 | + | subcutis | 74 years | CG | →/unknown | Sugiyama [9] | 2005 |
| 15 | + | NB | 20 days | CG | unknown | Matsuda [14] | 1996 |
| 16 | + | NB | 11 days | CG | →/→ | Usui [8] | 2007 |
| 17 | + | NB | 20 days | CG | ↓/unknown | Seike [5] | 2008 |
| 18 | + | NB | 15 days | CG | ↓/unknown | Segawa [6] | 2008 |
NB = Not biopsied; CG = calcium gluconate; CC = calcium chloride.