Imaging Review of Subscapularis Tendon and Rotator Interval Pathology

Figure 5

A 49-year-old man with right shoulder pain and inability to extend the right arm after a fall. Axial PD-weighed MRI (a) demonstrates a full-thickness subscapularis tendon tear (long arrow) with medial retraction (short double-headed arrow). Axial T2-weighed FS MRI (b) shows multiple subchondral cysts at the greater tuberosity (arrowheads), which is an associated finding with rotator cuff tears. In addition, there is a medial displacement of the long head of the biceps tendon (arrow).

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