Calcification in Dead Tissue
- Caseous necrosis in T.B. is most common site of dystrophic calcification.
- Liquefactive necrosis in chronic abscesses may get calcified.
- Fat necrosis following acute pancreatitis or traumatic fat necrosis in breasts results in deposition of calcium soaps.
- Infarcts may undergo D.C.
- Thrombi, especially in veins, may produce phlebolithis.
- Haematomas in the vicinity of bones may undergo D.C.
- Dead parasites like schistosoma eggs may calcify.
- Congenital toxoplasmosis or rubella may be seen on X-ray as calcifications in the brain.
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