Law Clashes with Medicine Over Cause of Joint Destruction

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CHICAGO - Exercising on her lunch break, Angela Mitsias felt a twinge in her shoulder. She didn't think much of it and went back to work.

By the end of the day, she couldn't move her arm without it hurting. She never imagined treatment might make it worse, and that she would still be fighting debilitating pain years later.

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Law Clashes with Medicine Over Cause of Joint Destruction

Following surgery to repair a torn shoulder cartilage called a labrum, Mitsias developed a mysterious condition in which the cartilage disintegrated. Eventually, the problem got so bad she was forced to have a partial joint replacement in 2006.

"I was a wreck," the Schaumburg, Ill., woman said. "It just took over my life."

Mitsias was the victim of a rare, de...

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