Juxta-Articular Erosions and Calcifications in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Abstract
The frequency of subperiosteal erosions and soft tissue calcifications was .apprx. 36 and 33%, respectively, in 241 patients with chronic renal fasilure. In patients on chronic hemodialysis and in renal transplant recipients, subperiosteal juxtaarticular erosions combined with soft tissue calcifications were observed in the same localization in 53 joints, most commonly in small joints of the hands. Calcifications appeared before the erosions, suggesting that calcifications induced the erosions.