Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome

Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS) is a rare destructive, calcium phosphate crystalline arthropathy. It encompasses an effusion that is noninflammatory with numerous aggregates of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the synovial fluid, associated with rotator cuff defects. We describe a patient that p...

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Main Authors: Channa Vasanth Nadarajah, Immo Weichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/458708
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spelling doaj-bd79a308f7554fb68b157264a88fcf9a2020-11-24T23:42:20ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972014-01-01201410.1155/2014/458708458708Milwaukee Shoulder SyndromeChanna Vasanth Nadarajah0Immo Weichert1Department of Acute Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UKDepartment of Acute Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UKMilwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS) is a rare destructive, calcium phosphate crystalline arthropathy. It encompasses an effusion that is noninflammatory with numerous aggregates of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the synovial fluid, associated with rotator cuff defects. We describe a patient that presented with recurrent shoulder pain and swelling with characteristic radiographic changes and MSS was confirmed on aspiration of the synovial fluid.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/458708
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Immo Weichert
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Immo Weichert
Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
Case Reports in Rheumatology
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Immo Weichert
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title Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
title_short Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
title_full Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
title_fullStr Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Milwaukee Shoulder Syndrome
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Rheumatology
issn 2090-6889
2090-6897
publishDate 2014-01-01
description Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS) is a rare destructive, calcium phosphate crystalline arthropathy. It encompasses an effusion that is noninflammatory with numerous aggregates of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the synovial fluid, associated with rotator cuff defects. We describe a patient that presented with recurrent shoulder pain and swelling with characteristic radiographic changes and MSS was confirmed on aspiration of the synovial fluid.
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