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The purpose of this review is to illustrate examples of calcific tendinitis in common and unusual locations.
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Holt, P.D., Keats, T.E. Calcific tendinitis: a review of the usual and unusual. Skeletal Radiol. 22, 1–9 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191518
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