The amount of calcifications in pseudoxanthoma elasticum patients is underestimated in computed tomographic imaging; a post-mortem correlation of histological and computed tomographic findings in two cases.

Annelotte VosGuido KranenburgPim A de JongWillem P T M MaliWim Van HeckeRonald L A W BleysIvana IsgumAryan VinkWilko Spiering

Published in: Insights into imaging (2018)

• CT can be used to monitor gross vascular calcifications in PXE patients. • Many subtle PXE-related abnormalities are not visualised by CT scans. • PXE-related alterations can also be found in oesophagus, pleura and subcutaneous fat.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
computed tomography
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
image quality
patient reported