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Plain radiographic evidence of stages of calcifying tendinitis of supraspinatus tendon of shoulder
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Case
A 47-year-old man initially presented to the orthopaedic clinic describing symptoms of moderate shoulder pain of 3 years duration. He had pain on abduction of 60–130° with positive impingement signs.
Radiographs showed calcification in the region of supraspinatus tendon (figure 1). An ultrasound scan of shoulder demonstrated intratendinous calcification in the distal part of supraspinatus tendon …
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