TY - JOUR
T1 - Shoulder sonography
T2 - State of the art
AU - Teefey, S. A.
AU - Middleton, W. D.
AU - Yamaguchi, K.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Since the mid 1980s, sonography has been used to evaluate the rotator cuff. It is inexpensive, well tolerated, rapidly performed, and accurate. With the recent improvements in imaging equipment and refinements in scanning technique, an increasing number of radiologists are performing shoulder sonography. This article emphasizes the pertinent musculoskeletal anatomy, sonographic technique, normal sonographic anatomy, pathophysiology of rotator cuff and biceps tendon disease, sonographic findings of rotator cuff tears, and biceps tendon pathology. The accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing rotator cuff tears and miscellaneous abnormalities that can be detected with ultrasound also are discussed.
AB - Since the mid 1980s, sonography has been used to evaluate the rotator cuff. It is inexpensive, well tolerated, rapidly performed, and accurate. With the recent improvements in imaging equipment and refinements in scanning technique, an increasing number of radiologists are performing shoulder sonography. This article emphasizes the pertinent musculoskeletal anatomy, sonographic technique, normal sonographic anatomy, pathophysiology of rotator cuff and biceps tendon disease, sonographic findings of rotator cuff tears, and biceps tendon pathology. The accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing rotator cuff tears and miscellaneous abnormalities that can be detected with ultrasound also are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70128-7
DO - 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70128-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 10442080
AN - SCOPUS:0032812554
SN - 0033-8389
VL - 37
SP - 767
EP - 785
JO - Radiologic clinics of North America
JF - Radiologic clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -