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A 50-year-old woman with jaw pain and a history of bisphosphonate use was shown on radiography to have ill-defined soft tissue calcifications overlying the maxilla, mandible, and zygomatic bones bilaterally. The bones were normal. CT revealed similar findings. Although a broad imaging differential diagnosis was initially considered, further questioning of the patient revealed a history of facial injections with a calcium hydroxylapatite product for cosmetic purposes. The appearance of this increasingly popular treatment should be recognized to avoid errors in interpretation.
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Vazquez, J., Rosenthal, D.I. Bilateral, symmetrical soft tissue calcifications in the face. Skeletal Radiol 39, 387–389 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-009-0853-0
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