1. [Compression of the subscapular nerve in the spino-glenoid tract by a synovial cyst].
- Author
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Daumas JL, Padovani B, Raffaelli C, Chanalet S, Baque MC, Isman H, and Bruneton JN
- Subjects
- Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Nerve Compression Syndromes diagnosis, Nerve Compression Syndromes diagnostic imaging, Stress, Mechanical, Synovial Cyst diagnosis, Synovial Cyst diagnostic imaging, Ultrasonography, Nerve Compression Syndromes etiology, Scapula innervation, Shoulder Joint, Synovial Cyst complications
- Abstract
We observed a case of synovial cyst in the shoulder joint leading to spino-glenoid symptomatology in a weight-lifter. Explorations included standard radiography, echography and magnetic resonance imaging. Differentiation between a true cyst and a pseudo-cyst was basedose presence of a synovial membrane. Mechanical contraints appear to be the most frequently suspected aetiology of spinoglenoid cysts. Echography cannot always confirm the liquid nature of the formation due to the close bone. Magnetic resonance imaging gives good tissue characterization and good topographic analysis. Gadolinium injection appears to be important for differential diagnosis with neurogenic tumours.
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- 1995