title: Milwaukee shoulder syndrome.
abstract: Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS) is a rare destructive, calcium phosphate crystalline arthropathy. It encompasses an effusion that is noninflammatory with numerous aggregates of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals in the synovial fluid, associated with rotator cuff defects. We describe a patient that presented with recurrent shoulder pain and swelling with characteristic radiographic changes and MSS was confirmed on aspiration of the synovial fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UK.
authors.forename: Channa Vasanth
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Nadarajah
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UK.
authors.forename: Immo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weichert