[Tumoral calcinosis with superinfection and sepsis].

Tumoral calcinosis (TC) is a rare syndrome involving ectopic calcifications in the vicinity of the large joints. In about one third of patients the disorder is familial and is associated with hyperphosphatemia, elevation of 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin-D levels and peculiar dental lesion. TC is inherited in an autosomal-recessive manner. In a normophosphatemic male patient with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, TC occurred first in the thoracic wall....