What is calcification?

Calcification is a disease caused by inflammation, and calcification can occur in various organs and parts of the body. Calcification foci are generally easy to find, and some are even very obvious, but calcification foci in some parts of the body can only be detected through B-ultrasound examination. If you have calcification, you must first find out where the disease is and then start treatment. So, what exactly is calcification?

1. Causes and common diseases

Calcification foci are generally caused by inflammation and tuberculosis, and are formed by the deposition of calcium salts in local tissues. For example, pulmonary tuberculosis can form calcification foci in the lungs after being cured. It may also be a fibrotic scar formed after local tissue necrosis, such as intrahepatic calcification. Calcification foci are commonly seen in diseases such as intervertebral disc calcification, histoplasmosis, lipoid proteinosis, chest wall soft tissue tumors, pulmonary tuberculosis, cerebral paragonimiasis, alkaline calcium phosphate crystal deposition disease, and intracranial cavernous hemangioma.

2. Differential Diagnosis

1. Calcification of the pineal gland

It is located about 3 cm above and behind the upper end of the saddle back, and is located posteriorly and anteriorly on the midline. The imaging rate in adults reaches 40%, but it rarely occurs in children under 10 years old. Its position is relatively constant and is a better positioning mark.

2. Calcification of the falx cerebri

In the frontal view, it is located on the midline, in a band or triangle shape, with an occurrence rate of about 10%.

3. Calcification of the interclinoid ligament

The ligament between the anterior and posterior clinoid processes of the sella turcica is calcified, making the sella turcica appear "bridge-shaped".

4. Calcification of the choroid of the lateral ventricle

The incidence of irregular shadows within 2.5 cm of the center line is less than 0.5%.

5. Others

In rare cases, localized calcifications can be seen in the basal ganglia, cerebellar dentate nucleus, internal carotid artery siphon, cerebral tentorium, petrosal ligaments, and dura mater.

3. Inspection

Detect serum troponin I (TnI) and troponin T (TnT), cerebrospinal fluid calmodulin; ultrasound or CT examination can assist in diagnosis.

IV. Treatment Principles

Provide appropriate treatment based on the primary disease.

Prostate calcifications are often found in B-ultrasound studies, which report the presence of calcifications in the prostate and ulceration and atrophy in the posterior half. Ultrasound doctors often report tiny prostate stones in clinical practice. This means that the patient has suffered from chronic or acute prostatitis to a greater or lesser extent in clinical practice, but has not received adequate treatment at this time. At this time, our normal white blood cells can fight around the bacteria and die together. Common death means that the bacteria or white blood cells are deposited in the prostate ducts and are not excreted in time, forming calcification plaques, which are called prostate calcification plaques. If this is reported clinically, it would be consistent with the clinical characteristics of chronic prostatitis.