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Calcific tendinitis of the gluteus maximus tendon: CT findings

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Two cases of calcific tendinitis of gluteus maximus muscle are presented. The CT findings, including amorphous calcification without soft tissue mass and possible cortical erosion at the femoral enthesis of the gluteus maximus muscle, are highly suggestive of calcific tendinitis at this unusual but classical location. Ossifying entheses with well-defined cortical defect are frequent at the femoral insertion of the gluteus maximus muscle in asymptomatic subjects and must be differentiated from a real cortical erosion sometimes associated with these calcific tendinitis.

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Received: 16 July 1998; Revision received: 14 September 1998; Accepted: 13 October 1998

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Hottat, N., Fumière, E. & Delcour, C. Calcific tendinitis of the gluteus maximus tendon: CT findings. Eur Radiol 9, 1104–1106 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050799

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