Shoulder Pathology
A 45-year-old woman presents with sudden severe shoulder pain that started last night. She is unable to move her shoulder and describes exquisite tenderness over the greater tuberosity. Plain radiographs show a fluffy, ill-defined calcific deposit at the supraspinatus insertion with surrounding soft tissue swelling. She is afebrile with normal inflammatory markers. Regarding calcific tendinitis of the shoulder:
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Calcific tendinitis involves calcium hydroxyapatite deposition in the rotator cuff, most commonly th...
The condition progresses through phases: pre-calcific (fibrocartilage metaplasia), calcific (formati...
The resorptive phase has a dense, well-defined appearance on X-ray; this condition rarely resolves s...
On X-ray, formative phase deposits appear dense and well-defined while resorptive phase deposits app...
The condition is self-limiting in most cases (80-90%) and resolves spontaneously within 1-3 years; c...
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