title: [Calcifying tendinitis of the femur--diagnosis and differential diagnosis exemplified by 5 cases].
abstract: Five cases of calcifying tendinitis of the femur are presented. Diagnosis were proved histologically or catamnestically. The calcifying tendinitis occurred secondary to localized regressive changes in 3 patients; in 2 cases systemic inflammatory disease had to be assumed. In patients with unclear femoral pain and radiologically visible calcifications, especially at the linea aspera, one should include a calcifying tendinitis in the differential diagnosis besides juxtacortical osteosarcoma and myositis ossificans. This entity can sometimes be a symptom of systemic disease such as psoriasis and palmoplantar pustulosis.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik Zentralkrankenhaus, Bremen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freyschmidt
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Die kalzifizierende Tendinitis am Femur--Diagnose und Differentialdiagnose am Beispiel von 5 Fällen.