“Milwaukee shoulder” syndrome: Microspherules containing hydroxyapatite, active collagenase and neutral protease in patients with rotator cuff defects and glenohumeral osteoarthritis
1981; Elsevier BV; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0049-0172(81)90069-x
ISSN1532-866X
AutoresDaniel J. McCarty, Herman S. Cheung, Paul B. Halverson, John C. Garancis,
Tópico(s)Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
ResumoA new syndrome involving the shoulder joints is described, associating HA crystals in microspheroids, active collagenase, neutral protease with destruction of the fibrous rotator cuff and glenohumeral osteoarthritis. This pathogenetic mechanism postulated for this destructive arthropathy may have applicability for the devolutionary joint changes associated with other microcrystals found in joints and almost certainly applies to other joints besides the shoulder.
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