Bilateral Subacromial-Subdeltoid Rice Bodies in the Shoulder: A Surgical Case Report

Table 2

Literature reporting on rice bodies in the shoulder.

Author, year	Sex	Age	Location	Laterality	Sx dur.	Underlying dx	Tx	Recur
This case, 2023	Female	41	Subacromial, subdeltoid	Bilat	1 yr	RA	RB removal, bursectomy	No
Law, 1998 [8]	Female	31	Subacromial, subdeltoid	Bilat	5 yr	RA	RB removal, bursectomy	No
Steinfeld, 1994 [7]	Female	45	Subacromial, subdeltoid	Bilat	Unknown	ANA+	Bursectomy	No
Steinfeld, 1994 [7]	Male	38	Subacromial	Right	2.5 yr	None	Bursectomy	No
Steinfeld, 1994 [7]	Male	71	Subacromial	Right	2 yr	RF+	Bursectomy	No, RA
Cuomo, 2006 [15]	Male	4	Biceps tenosynovium	Right	3 mo	Juvenile RA	Bursectomy	No
Joshi, 2018 [2]	Female	54	Subacromial	Right	5 yr	RA	RB removal, bursectomy	No
Guo, 2020 [1]	Female	27	Subacromial, subdeltoid	Right	2 yr	RA	RB excision, bursa & “red tissue” ablation	No
Guo, 2020 [1]	Female	45	Subacromial, subdeltoid	Left	2 yr	Hx of breast cancer and radiotherapy, RF+	RB excision, bursa & “red tissue” ablation	No
Vyas, 2022 [12]	Female	29	Subacromial subdeltoid	Right	2 yr	RA	Injected with 80 mg methylprednisolone acetate under ultrasound guidance ×2	No
Best, 2015 [11]	Female	52	Subacromial subdeltoid	Right	2 mo	RA	Injection ×2, removal consult	Unknown
Barad, 2019 [13]	Male	48	Subacromial subdeltoid	Left	0 mo	Polylactic acid staples	Debridement and drainage	No
Sivaloganathan, 2015 [14]	Male	60	Subacromial subdeltoid	Left	6 mo	Poly-L-lactic acid anchor	Debridement and evacuation of RBs	No

Literature documenting RBs in the shoulder including information on sex, age, location, laterality, symptom duration (sx dur.), underlying diagnosis (underlying dx), treatment (tx), and recurrence (recur).