© 1983 British Society for Rheumatology
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ACUTE CALCIFIC PERIARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSIENT HYPOCALCAEMIA SECONDARY TO HYPOPARATHYROIDISM
Department of Rheumatology, Wrightington Hospital Wigan, Lancashire WN6 9EP
Correspondence to:
Address correspondence to Dr. K. Walton
Acutely painful calcific periarthritis of the shoulder is described in a woman with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. The episode was closely associated with a transient fall in serum calcium.
KEY WORDS: Periarthritis, calcific, Hypoparathyroidism