Teres minor atrophy

Case contributed by Kamel Mahmoud Alkhateeb
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chronic shoulder pain.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
mri

Atrophy of teres minor muscle with fatty infiltration.

No obvious focal lesion in quadrilateral space.

Case Discussion

Teres minor atrophy is a shoulder pathology seen usually as a part of other syndromes with rotator cuff muscle atrophy including quadrilateral space syndrome. Sometimes it is seen as an isolated finding with unknown exact etiology, but some studies suggest the considerable anatomical variation in both the origin and length of the teres minor nerve that increases the risk of impingement and subsequent isolated teres minor atrophy.

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