Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Radiological classification of the calcific tendinitis of the shoulder according to the current literature evidence
From: Complications of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder: a concise review
References | Radiographic criteria | Classification |
|---|---|---|
Bosworth et al. [7] | Size | Large (>1.5 cm) |
Medium (in between) | ||
Small (rarely seen) | ||
Depalma et al. [3] | Morphologic features | Type I (fluffy, amorphous and ill defined) |
Type II (defined and homogeneous) | ||
Morphologic features | Type I (well demarcated, dense) | |
Type II (soft contour and dense or sharp contours and transparent) | ||
Type III (soft contours, translucent and cloudy) | ||
Mole’ et al. [35] | Morphologic features | Type A (dense, rounded, sharply delineated) |
Type B (multilobular, radiodense, sharp) | ||
Type C (radiolucent, heterogeneous, irregular outline) | ||
Type D (dystrophic calcific deposits) |