Research Article
Premature Calcifications of Costal Cartilages: A New Perspective
Table 1
Selected clinical findings in 19 patients with premature calcifications of the costal cartilages.
| Number | Age/Sex | Metabolic disorders | Diseases of endocrine organs | Laboratory data (increases) |
| 1 | 30/M | | Testicular fibrosis, azoospermia | | 2 | 19/F | Acute intermittent porphyria | | Delta-ALS + porphobilinogen | 3 | 22/F | | Mayer-von Rokitansky-Küster syndrome | | 4 | 20/F | Suspected porphyria | Ovarian teratomas, bilateral | * | 5 | 25/F | Glucosuria, cholelithiasis | | | 6 | 26/F | | Morbus Addison | | 7 | 30/F | None | None | | 8 | 20/F | | Hyperthyroidism, goiter oligomenorrhea | | 9 | 31/F | Suspected porphyria | | 17-OH-steroids* | 10 | 27/F | Suspected porphyria | Microcystic degeneration of the right ovary | Porphobilinogen | 11 | 30/M | | Morbus Addison, inherited | | 12 | 28/F | Decreased 17-keto- and 17-OH-steroids | Bilateral ovarian cysts | Delta-ALS + coproporphyrin | 13 | 23/F | Orotic aciduria, suspected porphyria | | * | 14 | 27/F | Cholelithiasis | | | 15 | 30/F | Suspected porphyria | | * | 16 | 26/F | Cholelithiasis | | | 17 | 29/F | Suspected porphyria | Oligomenorrhea | * | 18 | 30/F | Suspected porphyria | Ovarian cysts, follicular | * | 19 | 27/F | Porphyria, unspecified | Hypothyroidism | |
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ALS: delta-aminolevulinic acid; no lab screening as to porphyria done.
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