MILWAUKEE SHOULDER WITH MASSIVE BILATERAL CYSTS - EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR HYDROPS OF THE SHOULDER

Authors
PATEL KJ WEIDENSAUL D PALMA C RYAN LM WALKER SE
Citation
Kj. Patel et al., MILWAUKEE SHOULDER WITH MASSIVE BILATERAL CYSTS - EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR HYDROPS OF THE SHOULDER, Journal of rheumatology, 24(12), 1997, pp. 2479-2483
Citations number
30
Journal title
Journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
24
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2479 - 2483
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1997)24:12<2479:MSWMBC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
''Milwaukee shoulder'' is often associated with lame effusions that ca nnot be managed with conventional therapy. We describe a 75-year-old m an 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 .