title: Calcific chronic lateral epicondylitis: a histological and ultrastructural study.
abstract: Fragments of insertion tissue from right arm common extensor muscle have been collected from a 25-year patient with chronic lateral epicondylitis. Specimens, processed for light (LM) and electron (EM) microscopy, evidentiated a variety of degenerative alterations, such as focal hyalinosis, lipoidosis, collagen fiber redistribution, calcifications and vascular changes. Evidence of collagen normal function maintenance and turnover have been also observed in tenocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Normal Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galliani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Columbaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valmori
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassiani
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Maltarello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falcieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis; D004550:Elbow / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013716:Tennis Elbow / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery