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Objective <p>To investigate the prevalence, number, size, and distribution of rotator cuff calcifications in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) patients, relative to a comparison cohort, using computed tomography (CT).</p> Materials and methods <p>This single-center retrospective study included adult PXE patients with available low-dose full-body CT scans, compared with a cohort of adult patients undergoing full-body 18F-fluordeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT (FDG-PET/CT) scans. A blinded musculoskeletal radiologist assessed the presence, number, size, and location of rotator cuff calcifications on thin-slice axial CT images (1–2 mm), with multiplanar reconstruction. The association between disease status and calcifications were analysed using age- and sex-adjusted multivariable logistic and negative binomial regression, and mixed-effects models for anatomical locations.</p> Results <p>Two hundred sixty-nine PXE patients (51 ± 14&#xa0;years, 64% female) and 124 non-PXE patients (55 ± 16 years, 50% female) were included. A total of 138 calcifications in 82 PXE patients (prevalence, 30%; median largest calcification length, 6.0 mm; IQR 3.0–8.0) and 48 calcifications in 30 non-PXE patients (prevalence, 24%; median largest calcification length, 4.5 mm; IQR 3.0–7.0) were detected. No significant association between PXE and the presence (adjusted OR 1.54, 95% CI 0.92–2.63) or number of calcifications (adjusted RR 1.37, 95% CI 0.89–2.09) was found. However, PXE patients had an increased odds of intratendinous calcifications (adjusted OR 2.56, 95% CI 1.09–6.03) and a higher number of calcifications at this site (adjusted RR 2.31, 95% CI 1.18–4.52).</p> Conclusion <p>PXE was not significantly associated with the overall presence or burden of rotator cuff calcifications, but showed an increased odds of intratendinous involvement.</p>

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Rotator cuff calcifications in pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a comparative analysis of prevalence and anatomical distribution

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    2026年7月21日

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  • Anastasia K. Peeters-Klerks,
  • Pim A. de Jong,
  • Wilko Spiering,
  • Wouter Foppen

摘要

Objective

To investigate the prevalence, number, size, and distribution of rotator cuff calcifications in pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) patients, relative to a comparison cohort, using computed tomography (CT).

Materials and methods

This single-center retrospective study included adult PXE patients with available low-dose full-body CT scans, compared with a cohort of adult patients undergoing full-body 18F-fluordeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT (FDG-PET/CT) scans. A blinded musculoskeletal radiologist assessed the presence, number, size, and location of rotator cuff calcifications on thin-slice axial CT images (1–2 mm), with multiplanar reconstruction. The association between disease status and calcifications were analysed using age- and sex-adjusted multivariable logistic and negative binomial regression, and mixed-effects models for anatomical locations.

Results

Two hundred sixty-nine PXE patients (51 ± 14 years, 64% female) and 124 non-PXE patients (55 ± 16 years, 50% female) were included. A total of 138 calcifications in 82 PXE patients (prevalence, 30%; median largest calcification length, 6.0 mm; IQR 3.0–8.0) and 48 calcifications in 30 non-PXE patients (prevalence, 24%; median largest calcification length, 4.5 mm; IQR 3.0–7.0) were detected. No significant association between PXE and the presence (adjusted OR 1.54, 95% CI 0.92–2.63) or number of calcifications (adjusted RR 1.37, 95% CI 0.89–2.09) was found. However, PXE patients had an increased odds of intratendinous calcifications (adjusted OR 2.56, 95% CI 1.09–6.03) and a higher number of calcifications at this site (adjusted RR 2.31, 95% CI 1.18–4.52).

Conclusion

PXE was not significantly associated with the overall presence or burden of rotator cuff calcifications, but showed an increased odds of intratendinous involvement.