ABSTRACT

Para-articular calcified masses remain a relatively common occurrence where it is most often due to chronic renal failure. The underlying aetiology is usually due to a disorder of calcium metabolism, chronic inflammation, or malignancy. In a small subset, it is due to hyperphosphatemia from an underlying disorder of phosphate metabolism, tumoural calcinosis. Identifying this subset of patients is paramount for effective management as medical management of the associated hyperphosphataemia is critical in lowering the incidence of recurrence.