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What is a calcific tendonitis?

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Dr. Mark Hutchinson answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Calcified cuff: Calcific tendonitis is an unusual stage of rotator cuff tendoninopathy in which the chronic inflammation actually begins to calcify the tendon first with a milky chalky fluid but later in can turn into harder bone like calcifications. First treatment is usually anti-inflammatory medications but surgical decompression may also help.

Answered 6/5/2018

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Dr. Jeffrey Wint answered

Specializes in Hand Surgery

It is simply : Tendinitis caused a deposit of calcium in soft tissues and tendons this causes pain information at the site of the calcium deposits.

Answered 1/16/2014

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