Milwaukee shoulder syndrome

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome
a type of crystal-induced arthropathy seen most often in older women, characterized by calcium phosphate crystals around the shoulder joint, often bilaterally, with pain that may be worse at night. Called also apatite-associated destructive arthritis.

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