Mixed connective tissue disease

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare connective tissue disorder combining clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), polymyositis (PM) (see these terms) and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Calcinosis

Formation of calcium deposits in any soft tissue.


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PMID (PMCID)
428612
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Generalized cutaneous calcinosis and mixed connective tissue disease.
Baurle G, Hornstein OP.
Dermatologica. 1979;158(4):257-68.
Generalized cutaneous calcinosis and mixed connective tissue disease.
428612
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Generalized cutaneous calcinosis and mixed connective tissue disease.
Baurle G, Hornstein OP.
Dermatologica. 1979;158(4):257-68.
Based upon clinical as well as histological and immunological findings, the disease is diagnosed as mixed connective tissue disease with generalized cutaneous calcinosis in an extent yet unpublished, to our knowledge, in this 'overlap syndrome'.