Table 1.
Differential Diagnosis for Calcinosis Cutis
| Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disorders | |
| Dermatomyositis | |
| Systemic Scleroderma | |
| Limited Scleroderma, CREST syndrome | |
| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | |
| Lupus Panniculitis | |
| Mixed Connective Tissue Disease | |
| Overlap Connective Tissue Disease | |
| Sjogren’s Syndrome | |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | |
| Polymyositis | |
| Pancreatic Panniculitis | |
| Porphyria Cutanea Tarda | |
| Inherited Disorders | Familial Tumoral Calcinosis/Hyperostosis-Hyperphosphatemia Syndrome |
| Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | |
| Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum | |
| Werner Syndrome | |
| Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva | |
| Hypercalcemia | Chronic Renal Disease |
| Hypervitaminosis | |
| Hyperparathyroidism | |
| Milk alkali syndrome | |
| Post-Liver Transplant | |
| Neoplastic | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| Pilomatricoma | |
| Trichilemmal cyst | |
| Iatrogenic | Vaccination, Venipuncture |
| Calcium infusion | |
|
Trauma Idiopathic |
Myositis ossificans circumscripta |