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1 MRI shoulder: troubleshooting the cuff and instability Phil Hughes Plymouth

2 Shoulder Pathways Pain (subacromial/cuff) Stiffness (Frozen shoulder/oa) Weakness (Query cuff tear) Instability General Practice Conservative Mx Stop aggravating factors Analgesia Physio Blind Injection No response To injection General Practice Conservative Mx Analgesia Physiotherapy General practice Gross weakness Refer Ortho General Practice Uncertain diagnosis General Practice Physio Unable to inject or temporary response To injection ICAT 1 st or 2 nd injection ICAT (Ortho) ICAT (Ortho) ICAT (Ortho) Failed t injection <60 >60 XR Traumatic Atraumatic U/S guided Injection (up to 2 U/S guided injections) Fluoroscopy injection Candidate For SAD Adhesive casulitis Unresponsive to Injection No OA OA Failed Treatment Physio No Imaging Orthopaedics Orthopaedics Orthopaedics Imaging

3 Shoulder Pathways Pain (subacromial/cuff) General Practice Conservative Mx Stop aggravating factors Analgesia Physio Blind Injection Unable to inject or temporary response To injection ICAT 1 st or 2 nd injection Failed t injection No response To injection Primary Imaging Modalities Ultrasound MSI Plain films & US: Pre-op MRI: Problem solving U/S guided Injection (up to 2 U/S guided injections) Candidate For SAD Adhesive casulitis Unresponsive to Injection Orthopaedics Diagnostic US

4 Rotator Cuff

5 Rotator Cuff Tears Does MR have an Advantage? A C B D

6 Rotator Cuff Tears Full Thickness: Poor prognostic signs Medial Retraction Muscle Atrophy

7 Muscle Atrophy US v MRI RT Strobel. US in fatty atrophy of cuff muscles (2003) Accuracy 76-80% for grade 2-4

8 Rotator Cuff Injury Acute MRI preferable High performance individuals Professionals Normal US MRI

9 Rotator Cuff Tears Humeral head Stand-off

10 Case 1: 26 year old Policeman presented to ED following RTA: Driver in pursuit collision Severe Shoulder pain Weakness in abduction Immediate onset Failure to resolve over weeks Shoulder X-Ray Normal Provision Diagnosis Rotator cuff Injury

11 Coronal STIR and Proton Density Images

12 Sagittal STIR Images

13 Based on the MRI Imaging Most Likely Diagnosis? 1. Tendonopathy 2. Tear 3. Contusion 4. Neuropraxia 5. Quadrilateral Space Syndrome

14 Based on the MRI Imaging Most Likely Diagnosis? 1. Tendonopathy 2. Tear 3. Contusion 4. Neuropraxia 5. Quadrilateral Space Syndrome

15 Diagnosis: Suprascapular Neuropraxia Differential: C5 and/or C6 Nerve Injury

16 Muscle Denervation: Shoulder Suprascular Nerve Compression C5 C6 C7 C8 T1 Sup Trans Scap Lig SS Suprascapular Notch/Foramen IS TM

17 Infrascapular Nerve Compression Spinoglenoid notch cyst X X Suprascap Notch/Foramen Humeral Head Glenoid Differential Varix Stenosis at Foramen Trauma Posterior

18 Muscle Denervation Quadrilateral Space Syndrome IS TM

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20 Case 2: 18 year old International High Board Diver 6 month history of shoulder pain Pain on flexion-abduction Nocturnal pain Recurrent

21 Coronal STIR Images

22 Sagittal Proton Density + Fat Suppression

23 Select the most likely diagnosis based on the MRI? 1. Bursitis 2. Tendonopathy 3. Tear 4. Os Acromiale 5. Superior labral tear anterior to posterior (SLAP)

24

25 2006 Jan

26 Os Acromiale Normal Appearances

27 Os Acromiale Incidence 1-15% Cadaveric 8% (33% Bilateral) Black:White 2:1 Sammarco et al, JBJS, April 2006 Jan

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29 Case 3: 34 year old Royal Marine suffering multiple anterior shoulder dislocation First dislocation 3 years previous Now constantly apprehensive Downgraded No weakness

30 Investigating Instability Shoulder MR Arthrography v MR Advantages Spatial resolution Labral tears GHLs Rotator interval Partial RCTs Loose bodies Limitations Invasive Fluoroscopy Ultrasound Understand Surgical Requirements

31 MR Arthrogram: T1-SE + FS

32 Axial Proton Density with Fat Suppression

33 Coronal STIR Images

34 What Surgical Lesions Alter Management? Hill-Sachs lesion Size location Glenoid (Bony Bankart) Size attachments Labrum Varied tears Circumferential Humeral avulsion GHL (HAGL)

35 Hill-Sachs Lesion Left >30% Richards et al, Rad; 1994; 190: Right

36 Reversed Hill-Sach s Lesion and Multi-directional Instability

37 Bony Bankart Lesion Smaller lesions: Sutured with labrum Larger lesions: Open reduction Malunions: Liberated

38 1 Glenohumeral Ligaments Impact of Bony Bankart Lesion 3 2 4

39 Labral Tear Bankart lesion Classic Reattached Bankart

40 ALPSA: Chronic Anterior labral and periosteal sleeve avulsion

41 Sublabral Recess/Foramen Recess Foramen

42 Buford Complex Normal variant Differential: Bankart Lesion

43 Humeral Avulsion of Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)

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45 Case 4: 39 year old male patient presented to Orthopaedic Surgeon with intermittent pain Fallen onto an outstretched arm Pain with resistance Pain on abduction Intermittent catching

46 Coronal STIR Images

47 Identify the correct diagnosis? A. Infraspinatus tear B. Metaphyseal marrow infiltrate C. Oedema in posterior deltoid D. SLAP lesion E. Avascular necrosis

48 SLAP lesions Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior Tear Mechanism Throwing Falling-Dislocation Clinical Evaluation Anatomy Technique MR v MRA

49 MRArthrography SSP ISP SSP ISP Neutral position External rotation

50 MRA technique Chan. SLAP lesions: MRA with arm traction AJR 1999; 173: 1117 Cor Obl T1W fat sat Cor Obl STIR Sag Obl T1W fat sat Axial Obl T1W fat sat Add Cor Obl T1W fat sat in external rotation Neutral External Rotation

51 SLAP lesions MRI v MRA % Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy MRI MRA Connell. Am J Sports Med 1999 Yoneda. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 1998 Bencardino. Radiology 2000 Jee. Radiology 2001 Waldt. AJR 2004 Reuss. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2006

52 SLAP Lesion SLAP Type 3 Lesion STIR MR Arthrogram Monu et al, AJR, 1994; 163:

53 SLAP tears 1 2 Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior Tear Snyder. SLAP lesions Arthroscopy 1990; 6: 274

54 Extended SLAPS 6 SLAP 3 with flap tear 5 SLAP + anterior extension 8 SLAP + posterior extension 9 SLAP + anterior / posterior extension 7 SLAP + tear of middle glenohumeral ligament 10 SLAP + rotator cuff interval tear Mohana-Borges SLAP tear: classification and diagnosis AJR 2003;181:

55 SLAP 1 SLAP 2 Sub-labral recess

56 SLAP 2 Sub-labral recess

57 Other MR signs Double Oreo sign Tuite. SLAP lesions: 3 signs on MR. Radiology 2000

58 Recommendations for MRI Rotator cuff Elite sportsmen Atypical pain Unresponsive to treatment Instability No option (CT?) MR Arthrogram SLAP MR Arthrogram

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