CASE REPORT   

Medicina dello Sport 2017 September;70(3):365-71

DOI: 10.23736/S0025-7826.17.03058-7

Copyright © 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English, Italian

Calcific tendinitis of subscapularis tendon: case report

Meric UNAL ¹, Sabriye ERCAN ² ✉, Aydin BUDEYRI ³

¹ Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey; ² Department of Sports Medicine, Dr. Ersin Arslan Education and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey; ³ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, SANKO University Gaziantep, Turkey

Calcific tendinitis is characterized by deposition of calcium phosphate crystals in tendons of the shoulder. Shoulder calcific tendinitis is most frequently seen at supraspinatus tendon. Subscapularis tendon is a very rare site for calcific deposition. We present a case of very large resistant calcific tendinitis of subscapularis tendon of left shoulder unresponsive to conservative treatment, causing coracoid impingement and subcoracoid stenosis; its excision with mini-open technique including tendon Z-plasty with two-year follow-up.

KEY WORDS: Shoulder - Tendinopathy - Rotator cuff - Surgery