ArticleSkeletal radiology2016
Intramuscular migration of calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposits involving the rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder: report of 11 patients.
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- Muscle edema of the rotator cuff: a systematic review of characteristics and associated pathologies from the LaTour group.EFORT open reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Intraosseous migration of calcific supraspinatus tendonitis: a case report.Journal of rheumatic diseases · 2026Article
- Anatomic extension-based description for rotator cuff calcifications: retrospective analysis of 100 consecutive cases.SICOT-J · 2026Article
- Calcifications in the infraspinatus muscle: An unusual complication of calcific tendinopathy.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Ectopic calcifications in the musculoskeletal field: the basis for preventive and curative pharmacological strategies.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Review
- Intraosseous extension of supraspinatus calcific tendonitis in a young patient with severe shoulder pain: a rare case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Extratendinous migration of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff: imaging findings and clinical characteristics with temporal changes.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Humeral greater tuberosity osteolysis as a complication of intraosseous calcification migration: natural history depicted by imaging.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Article
- Imaging of calcific tendinopathy around the shoulder: usual and unusual presentations and common pitfalls.La Radiologia medica · 2021Review
- Ultrasound features of painful intraosseous migration of pectoralis major tendinous calcifications with follow-up.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the shoulder.Polish journal of radiology · 2020Review
- Calcific tendinitis: intramuscular and intraosseous migration.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2019Article
- Arthroscopic Treatment of an Unusual Intramuscular Calcium Hydroxyapatite Crystal Deposit on the Rotator Cuff.Arthroscopy techniques · 2019Article
- Migration of calcium deposit over the biceps brachii muscle, a rare complication of calcific tendinopathy: Ultrasound image and treatment.Journal of ultrasound · 2018Article
- Radiological identification and analysis of soft tissue musculoskeletal calcifications.Insights into imaging · 2018Review
- Diagnostic guidelines for the histological particle algorithm in the periprosthetic neo-synovial tissue.BMC clinical pathology · 2018Article
- Intraosseous migration of tendinous calcifications: two case reports.Skeletal radiology · 2018Article
- Intramuscular migration of calcific tendinopathy in the rotator cuff: ultrasound appearance and a review of the literature.Journal of ultrasound · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe intent of the study is to describe an unusual pattern of intramuscular migration of calcific deposits related to hydroxyapatite deposition disease (HADD) involving the rotator cuff, to illustrate the characteristic imaging features of this phenomenon, and to discuss the clinical significance of such migration. MATERIALS AND
methodsA series of cases of intramuscular accumulation of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals collected over a 7-year period at multiple hospitals within the same academic institution were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsThe patient group was composed of seven men and four women, ranging in age from 51 to 79 years, with a mean age of 63 years. All subjects presented with acute shoulder pain. The majority of subjects reported the spontaneous onset of the symptoms (64%), while others reported weight lifting (27%) and a fall on the arm (9%) as the mechanisms of injury. The right shoulder was affected in 73% of the subjects. The supraspinatus was the most commonly affected muscle (82%), followed by the infraspinatus muscle (36%).
conclusionsKnowledge of the imaging features of intramuscular migration of hydroxyapatite deposits is important in order to avoid the erroneous diagnosis of other causes of muscle edema and inflammation such as myotendinous injury, myositis, subacute denervation, and neoplasm.
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