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Rapid Communication| Volume 22, ISSUE 2, P350-353, March 1997

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Tumoral calcinosis of the triangular fibrocartilage complex: A case report

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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
    Helen E. Tadjalli
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    Reprint requests: H. E. Tadjalli, MD, Division of Plastic Surgery (R-88), University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101.
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
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    Houston, TX, USA
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
    Fred B. Kessler
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
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    Houston, TX, USA
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
    Jacki Abrams
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Department of Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
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      A case of calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist is presented. The deposit took the more unusual form of a tumor, posing diagnostic difficulties. Magnetic resonance imaging was helpful in delineating the lesion, but could not identify its nature. Surgical excision resulted in resolution of symptoms.
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