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Case report| Volume 32, ISSUE 3, P524-526, June 1936

Calcified deposits in subscapularis tendon

Report of a case
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      Abstract

      A case of acute shoulder pain incident to the presence of calcified deposits in the tendon of the subscapularis muscles is reported. Only 2 similar cases have been found in the literature covering the past twenty years. Surgical removal of the deposit resulted in the prompt relief of pain and complete return of function.
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