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dystrophic skin calcification

Calcinosis cutis is a disease caused by insoluble calcium salts (mainly unshaped calcium phosphate or a small amount of calcium carbonate) deposited in skin or subcutaneous tissue. It can be divided into three types: metastatic skin calcification, dystrophic calcification and idiopathic calcification.



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