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supraspinatus tendonitis
Also see calcific tendonitis
Clinical manifestations:
- pain with active shoulder abduction
- positive painful arc
- internal rotation & external rotation may elicit pain with involvement of rotator cuff tendons
- passive motion generally does not elicit pain
Radiology:
- X-ray of shoulder
- calcific tendonitis of the supraspinatus tendon
- small & scattered homogeneous, amorphous densities in soft tissue near the greater tuberosity of the humerus [2]
Related
calcific tendonitis
supraspinatus
General
tendonitis (tendon injury)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018.
- NEJM knowledge+ Rheumatology