Q: My shoulder has been hurting so my doctor ordered an X-ray. This showed calcium buildup, and she said that was causing the pain. What is this from? A: It seems you are describing calcific ...

While tendonitis is often caused by stress on a tendon from repeated motions, that’s not always the case. Calcific tendonitis is caused by buildup of calcium on a tendon. You can develop calcific ...

Introduction Chronic tendon pathology (tendinopathy) is a common but poorly treated disease, due to limited understanding of its pathogenesis. The resident tenocytes undergo continuous renewal form ...

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor has been diagnosed with calcification in his right shoulder. Here’s what shoulder calcification ...

Dirk-Jan Hofstee, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands; dj_hofstee{at}hotmail.com Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether removing the calcifications in the rotator cuff ...

THE action of adrenocortical hormones on the inflammatory response of tissues to irritating or damaging agents and in particular the rapid regression of localized inflammatory hyperemia, edema and ...

US images show supraspinatus calcification in a 29-year-old woman. (a) Calcific deposit (C) can be clearly seen with moderate acoustic shadowing (circles). Subacromial bursitis (arrows) can be seen.

Q: My shoulder has been hurting so my doctor ordered an X-ray. This showed calcium buildup, and she said that was causing the pain. What is this from? A: It seems you are describing calcific ...