[Calcifying tendinitis with osseous involvement : A diagnostic challenge].

DISCUSSION: Calcifying tendinitis is the consequence of overuse of an enthesis with consecutive necrosis and calcification. However, in rare cases, erosion of the underlying bone with bone invasion, which is associated with sudden escalation of long-term pain, is observed. The detection of the pathoanatomical changes using MRI is problematic because with this method calcifications and ossifications are only indirectly visualized and, thus, can only be interpreted with uncertainty. The method of choice is CT, which can be used to demonstrate the three key elements of calcifying tendinitis, i.e., the calcified/ossified part of the tendon in the insertion area, a defect in the cortex, and calcification in the medullary space. PMID: 32468123 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Radiologe - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Radiologe Source Type: research