lavage

Clinically

Unwell / irritable

Fever

Not feeding

Unable to weight bear / limp

Knee pain

Examination

Fever

Limited / painful ROM

Hip held flexed and externally rotated

- maximises volume of capsule

Lab tests

WCC > 12 000

ESR > 40

CRP > 10

Blood cultures

Definition

Mid-substance calcification of the rotator cuff

- part of a metaplasia secondary to hypoxia

Aetiology

2 groups of patients