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Results from deposition of calcium salts (primarily hydroxyapatite) in tendon, usually supraspinatus. The resulting pain may be sudden and severe.

Treatment: Calcific Tendinitis

Most are self-limited and respond to physical therapy, NSAIDs. Refractory disease treated with ultrasound-guided needle aspiration and lavage or surgery.

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Section 12. Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology