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Metastatic calcification is only one of two forms of pathologic calcification. Unlike metastatic calcification, dystrophic calcification does not require an increase in serum calcium levels. This is a gross specimen of a heart with dystrophic calcifica...
Metastatic calcification is only one of two forms of pathologic calcification. Unlike metastatic calcification, dystrophic calcification does not require an increase in serum calcium levels. This is a gross specimen of a heart with dystrophic calcification of the aortic valve (arrow).
