Death from Coronary Calcinosis Occurring in the Baby of a Mother Presenting with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum*

摘要

SUMMARYThis paper reports the case of a baby with coronary calcinosis born to a mother suffering from pseudoxanthoma elasticum.The aetiology of infantile coronary calcification is discussed, and the point is made that the dystrophic type is a disease of elastic tissue.Both conditions are rare genetic diseases and show dystrophic changes of the elastic tissue.