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Infantile arterial calcification is a rare disorder of unknown etiology which is usually generalized and leads to death from coronary artery occlusion. The involved arteries show calcification of the internal elastic lamina and marked intimal proliferation. Vascular calcifications were demonstrated radiographically in 9 previously recorded cases. Three new patients are reported who presented with congestive heart failure. The visualization of faint vascular calcifications in the extra-thoracic soft tissues presented an opportunity to establish the diagnosis radiologically.
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Lussier-Lazaroff, J., Fletcher, B.D. Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification: Roentgen diagnosis of a rare cause of coronary artery occlusion. Pediatr Radiol 1, 224–228 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00972856
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