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Shoulder bursitis

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chronic shoulder pain, aggravated after minor trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
mri

Effusion, synovial hypertrophy and small inclusion bodies in the subacromial-subdeltoid and the communicating subcoracoid bursae. Irregular countours of the outer (bursa-sided) surface of the signal-altered supraspinate tendon (tendinosis & partial tear).

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