Acute calcification of periarticular tendons is known to occur at a variety of sites after subclinical trauma or after chronic overuse injuries. It can also be due to degeneration of the affected tendon. This problem is reported in the peroneal tendons of a sheep shearer.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
. AmorB.CherotA.DelbarreF.: Le rheumatisme a hydroxyapetite. Rev. Rhum., 44: 301–308, 1977.
2.
. CrenshawA.H.: Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 7th Ed., Vol. 3. St. Louis, C. V. Mosby, 1987, pp. 2250–2252.
3.
. FiamengoS.WarrenR.MarshallJ.VigoritaV.HershA.: Posterior heel pain associated with a calcaneal step and achilles tendon calcification. Clin. Orthop., 16: 203–211, 1982.
4.
. FentonC.SchlefmanB.ButlinW.: Calcinosis sircum-scripta presenting in the foot. J. Foot Surg., 22(2):139–141, 1983.
. GoldmanA.B.: Calcific tendonitis of the long head of the biceps brachii distal to the glenohumeral joint. Am. J. Radiol., 153: 1011–1016, 1989.
7.
. LepowG.KorfinD.: Calcification of and accessory peroneal tendon in an athlete. J. Am. Podiatr. Med. Assoc, 75(6):323–325, 1985.
8.
. MontagneA.MontagneJ.: Une calcification disparait: un cas de maladie des calcificationc tendineuses multiples. Sem. Hopital Paris, 57: 714–716, 1981.
9.
. WelflingJ.KahnMF.DesroyM.De SezeS.: La maladie des calcifications tendineuses multiples. Semin. Hôpi-tale Paris, 42: 2517–2520, 1966.
10.
. ZaphiropoulosZ.GrahameR.: Recurrent calcific periarthritis involving multiple sites. Proc. R. Soc. Med., 66: 351–352, 1973.
