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Introduction
Soft Tissue Calcification identification can be a useful skill for radiographers who work in the Emergency Department. Timely identification of soft tissue calcification can expedite the patient's imaging and save the patient from unnecessary additional imaging (particularly comparison views)

Types of soft tissue calcification

  1. Dystrophic Calcification

  2. Metastatic Calcification

  3. Calcinosis
  4. Chondrocalcinosis
  5. Synovial Chondromatosis.

Dystrophic Calcification
  • Calcification in damaged or degenerating tissue by small to large amorphous calcium deposit.
  • Not associated with metabolic disorder.
  • Almost every calcification that one sees in the soft tissues in actual radiographic practice is due to dystrophic calcification.
  • They have a prevalence of 95-98% out of all soft tissue calcification.