Bursitis

Last revised by Lincoln J Lim on 2 Aug 2023

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Citation:

Bickle I, Lim L, Elfeky M, et al. Bursitis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-28785

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-28785

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/28785

rID:

28785

Article created:

11 Apr 2014, Ian Bickle ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Ian Bickle had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

2 Aug 2023, Lincoln J Lim ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Lincoln J Lim had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

15 times, by 12 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

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Synonyms:

Bursal inflammation
Inflammation of the bursa

Bursitis is denoted as inflammation of a bursa, a synovial membrane-lined space present overlying a number of joints. Bursitis may be acute or chronic, in the latter, calcifications at the bursal sites may be apparent on plain radiographs. MRI best illustrates the bursa and related pathology.

Specific pathological types

calcific bursitis

Location specific types

scapulothoracic joint
- scapulothoracic bursitis
shoulder
- subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis
- bicipitoradial bursitis
elbow
- olecranon bursitis
hip
- trochanteric bursitis
- Iliopsoas bursitis
knee
ankle
- retrocalcaneal bursitis
feet
- adventitial bursitis
- intermetatarsal bursitis

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