MRI pattern of shoulder abnormalities: Retrospective cross sectional study done at Tikur Anbessa and saint paulos teaching hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from April,2019-September,2020G.C.
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2020-11
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background
Shoulder pain is one of the common reason for the hospital visit, it is a nonspecific symptom with
multiple underlying causes, in young mostly it is due to trauma a and in old age the result of agerelated
degeneration
and
tear
involving the joint and supporting structures, radiology plays an
important role in uncovering the underlying conditions the 1
st
imaging modality used in our set
up is a plain film which has poor sensitivity and specificity subsequent choice of imaging
depends on Clinical diagnosis like MRI, MRA and US
MRI has better sensitivity and specificity than ultrasound for most of the pathologies causing
shoulder pain, and up to my knowledge no available data is found stating the different
pathologic pattern of MRI finding in a patient with shoulder pain
Objective
Objective of the study is to establish the pattern of MRI finding of shoulder pathologies seen in
patients with shoulder complaint.
Materials and methods
Retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 166 patients using conventional
1.5 T MRI in two teaching hospitals
Results
The most commonly imaged shoulder was the Right shoulder with 104(62.7%) of the
cases .Rotator cuff tear was the most common lesion seen in 72(43.6%) of the cases of which
partial thickness tear which was seen in 60 (82.2%) of the cases followed by Rotator cuff
tendinosis which is encountered in 45 (27.1%) of the cases
Conclusion: This study concludes that right shoulder is more affected than the left, partial
thickness supraspinatus tear was the commonest lesion identified
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MRI pattern ,Shoulder abnormalities