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  • Title: [Calcification of auricular cartilages in a patient with adrenal insufficiency: presentation of a case and review of the literature].
    Author: Calvo Catalá J, Hortelano Martínez E, González-Cruz Cervellera MI, Climent Díaz B, Ortega Gonzålez E, Valero Prieto I.
    Journal: An Med Interna; 1994 Oct; 11(10):496-8. PubMed ID: 7865658.
    Abstract:
    Suprarenal insufficiency is the systemic disease more frequent associated to auricular cartilage calcification. Physiopathologic mechanism of this phenomenon remain without elucidate, several hypothesis have been postulated. We introduce one patient male attached of Addison's disease with external ear bilateral calcification. We review 20 case related in literature, postulating that low levels of cortisone, established in acute or chronic form, can cause a maintained or transitory hypercalcemia, calcium deposit in predisposed physically-chemically tissue: deficient peripheral vascularization and susceptibility to external aggression like traumatisms or cold.
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