Progression from calcifying tendinitis to rotator cuff tear

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-89

  Gotoh, Masafumi ^a   Higuchi, Fujio ^a   Suzuki, Ritsu ^a   Yamanaka, Kensuke ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcifying tendinitis; Histology; MRI; Radiograph; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE TENDON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON SUTURE; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE;

CALCINOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0038622983     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-001-0472-x     Document Type: Review

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