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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014 Dec;16(12):467. doi: 10.1007/s11926-014-0467-y

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