dystrophic calcification means deposition of ca salt inassociation with mild concentration of other minerals such as megnesium of any necrotic or degenerated area what ever the type of necrosisand occurs inspite of normal serum calcium and normal calcium metabolism and it usually starts in mitochondria while metastatic calcification charechtrized by wide spread calcium deposition in normal and abnormal tissue every where in the body due to high serum calcium level