PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A D Woolf
AU  - T E Cawston
AU  - P A Dieppe
TI  - Idiopathic haemorrhagic rupture of the shoulder in destructive disease of the elderly.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.45.6.498
DP  - 1986 Jun 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 498--501
VI  - 45
IP  - 6
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/45/6/498.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/45/6/498.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1986 Jun 01; 45
AB  - The cases of two patients with hydroxyapatite crystal associated destructive disease of the shoulder are described who have developed gross haemorrhagic effusions with spontaneous joint rupture and extensive soft tissue damage. No collagenase activity was found in the synovial fluid. Other possible mechanisms of the destructive process are discussed.