title: [Shoulder stiffness and metal allergy--a possible link? A single case report].
abstract: The authors report on the link between shoulder stiffness following surgery for a traumatically recurrent dislocation of the shoulder and an allergy to the metal bone clamp used. In addition to a review of the literature on the problems of metal allergies and their verification, the relationship between metal allergy and the stiffening of a shoulder due to an allergy and the stiffening of a shoulder due to an allergy to nickel, hitherto unknown to the present authors, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Theermann
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007594:Joint Loose Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010328:Patch Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000601:surgery*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers
chemical_list: C029938:nickel sulfate; D009532:Nickel
vernacular_title: Schultersteife und Metallallergie--eine mögliche Kombination? Einzelkasuistik.