MRI of Periarthritis Scapulohumeralis

Effusion and Clinical Symptomsby

Abstract

We examined the relationship between effusion of MRI findings and the clinical symptoms. Materials and methods: We examined MRI findings in patients with periarthritis scapulohumeralis. We excluded cuff tears, calcified tendinitis, instability of the shoulder fractures and impingement syndrome in young patients. The subjects comprised 75 cases 77 shoulders (45 men and 30 women), with an average age of 58.3 years (range 40-78). Scanning was performed on a Gyroscan T5- II 0.5-T (Philips). T1-weighted and T2-Weighted sequences in the coronal oblique plane, T2-weighted sequences in the coronal sagittal plane and horizontal plane were taken.
Results: Degeneration of the rotator cuff was observed in 34 shoulders. Joint effusion was observed in 68.8% of glenohumeral joints, and 23.4% of subacromial bursa.69.4% had effusion in the sheath of the long head of the biceps long tendon. We studied the relationship between the MRI findings and the clinical symptoms.
Conclusion: Glenohumeral joint effusion was observed in 68.8%. This suggested that there was arthritis in cases of periarthritis scapulohumeralis. We could not find a clear relationship between the effusion the clinical symptoms.