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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 calcification of the aortic valve (arrow).
The deposition of calcium in normal tissues as a result of elevations in blood calcium.
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