Total dural calcification with secondary hyperparathyoidism: a rare entity

Neuroradiology. 1978 Apr 27;15(2):107-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00334124.

Abstract

A case of total, dense dural calcification in an adult female patient with secondary hyperparathroidism is presented. The often reported feature in the skull is that of a combination of osteopenia and osteosclerosis giving a granular bone texture described sometimes as "grains of sand" or "salt and pepper" appearance [6]. Extensive dural calcification with this condition has very rarely been reported [2, 3]. The purpose of this paper is to document the existence of the latter in a patient followed up for 19 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dura Mater / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dura Mater / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / complications
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography