Kirby B M, Knoll J S, Manley P A, Miller L M
Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Vet Surg. 1989 May-Jun;18(3):216-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1989.tb01073.x.
Calcinosis circumscripta associated with polydioxanone suture material was diagnosed in two young dogs. In each case, the owner noticed a firm mass at the site of a previous surgical incision. Mineralization of soft tissues was visible radiographically. At excision, multiple chalky white nodular masses within the subcutis extended in a linear pattern the length of the sutured incision, but not beyond it. Polydioxanone suture was identified within the center of the nodules, which were identified histologically as calcinosis circumscripta.