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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