Milwaukee shoulder with massive bilateral cysts: effective therapy for hydrops of the shoulder.
"Milwaukee shoulder" is often associated with large effusions that cannot be managed with conventional therapy. We describe a 75-year-old man whose massive hydrops of both shoulders was resistant to treatment with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID), multiple aspirations, and injections of corticosteroid. The effusions resolved completely after treatment with oral colchicine and an NSAID containing magnesium.
Patel
K J
KJ
Harry S Truman Memorial Veteran's Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65201, USA.
Weidensaul
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Palma
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Ryan
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Walker
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D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002794:Choline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003078:Colchicine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003560:Cysts / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012459:Salicylates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D012459:Salicylates; C017959:choline magnesium trisalicylate; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide; D002794:Choline; D003078:Colchicine