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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 1997; 1(1): 51-63
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080129
© 1997 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

MR Imaging of Sports Injuries of the Shoulder

Shella Farooki, Leanne L. Seeger
  • UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Radiological Sciences, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 165-59, Los Angeles, California
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18 June 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Athletic shoulder injuries are common. Impingement syndrome may be a result of congenital or acquired variations in the coracoacromial arc, or may relate to underlying glenohumeral instability. Instability may lead to pathology of the labrocapsular mechanism. Soft tissue abnormalities resulting from both of these disorders can be diagnosed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Radiographically, occult fractures and disorders of the tendons, ligaments, and muscles are easily diagnosed with MRI, as is suprascapular nerve entrapment. Unlike plain film changes of osteolysis of the distal clavicle, which occurs late in the disease, marrow changes are seen early with MRI.

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MR imaging - shoulder - injuries