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CALCIFICATION AND
OSSIFICATION
A periapical film
showing the soft tissue
mass, inflammatory
fibrous hyperplasia,
emanating from the
edentulous ridge.
This soft tissue mass
contains a dystrophic
calcifi cation (arrow)
cauliflower-like
shape
Differential Diagnosis
Sialolith-smooth outline
Differential Diagnosis
calcified granulomatous disease,
syphilis, mycosis, or lymphoma
dense bone island.
MONCKEBERG S
MEDIAL
CALCINOSIS
(ARTERIOSCLERO
SIS)
pipe stem or tramtrack appearance in
Sturge-Weber syndrome
calcification of a facial
vein
CALCIFIED ATHEROSCLEROTIC
PLAQUE
major contributing source of
cerebrovascular embolic and
occlusive disease.
Dystrophic calcification can occur in
the evolution of plaque within the
intima of the involved vessel.
Location. Atherosclerosis first
develops at arterial bifurcations
Differential Diagnosis
Calcified triticeous cartilage-uniform
size, shape, and location of calcified
triticeous cartilage in the laryngeal
cartilage
Idiopathic Calcification
SIALOLITH
PHLEBOLITHS
Phleboliths are calcified thrombi found in veins,
venulae, or the
sinusoidal vessels of hemangiomas (especially the
cavernous type)
bull s-eye or
target
LARYNGEAL CARTILAGE
CALCIFICATIONS
A lateral cephalometric
film revealing
calcification of the
thyroid cartilage
(arrow).
triticeous means
grain of
wheat,
RHINOLITH/ANTROLITH
OSTEOMA CUTIS
Osteoma cutis is a rare soft
tissue ossification in the skin
result of acne of long duration
The tongue is the most
common intraoral site
(osteoma mucosae or osseous
choristoma)
Some patients have numerous
(dozens to hundreds) of
lesions, usually on the face in
females and on the scalp or
chest in males. This form is
known as multiple miliary
osteoma cutis.
The differential diagnosis
should include myositis
ossificans, calcinosis cutis, and
osteoma mucosae
MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS
1. Localized (Traumatic) Myositis
Ossificans
(Posttraumatic myositis ossificans and
solitary myositis)
2. Progressive Myositis Ossificans
Progressive Myositis
Ossificans