ArticleSkeletal radiology2019
Incidence of rotator cuff tears in the setting of calcific tendinopathy on MRI: a case controlled comparison.
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- Is Calcific Tendinitis a Risk Factor for Rotator Cuff Tears? A Retrospective Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Case-Control Study.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2026Article
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- Diabetes mellitus tendino-myopathy: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management of an overlooked diabetic complication.Acta diabetologica · 2022Review
- Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the correlation between calcific tendinitis and rotator cuff injury.BMC medical imaging · 2022Article
- Sonographic evaluation of the association between calcific tendinopathy and rotator cuff tear: a case-controlled comparison.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Article
- Comparative Analysis of Real-Time Dynamic Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Tear Injury.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Relationship between calcific tendinopathy and rotator cuff tear on shoulder magnetic resonance imaging: case-controlled comparison.Polish journal of radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the incidence of rotator cuff tears on shoulder MRI in patients who have rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy with that in patients without calcific tendinopathy in a frequency-matched case-control study. MATERIALS AND
methodsRetrospective review shoulder MRIs of 86 patients with rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy and an 86-patient age-, gender-, and laterality-matched control group using frequency matching.
resultsNo statistically significant difference (odds ratio: 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.38-1.38, p = 0.32) was found in the incidence of rotator cuff tear in the calcific tendinopathy (27.9%) and control groups (34.9%). A significant (p < 0.001) difference in the size of rotator cuff tear was seen between the two groups, with 12.5% of tears being full-thickness in the calcific tendinopathy group and 63.3% of tears being full-thickness in the control group. Only 3 of the 24 (12.5%) rotator cuff tears present in the calcific tendinopathy group occurred at the site of tendon calcification.
conclusionPatients presenting with indeterminate shoulder pain and rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy are not at increased risk for having a rotator cuff tear compared with similar demographic patients without calcific tendinopathy presenting with shoulder pain. Calcific tendinopathy and rotator cuff tears likely arise from different pathological processes.
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