Sonographically detected subacromial/subdeltoid bursal effusion and biceps tendon sheath fluid: Reliable signs of rotator cuff tear?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Arslan, Gokhan ^a   Apaydin, Ali ^a   Kabaalioglu, Adnan ^a   Sindel, Timur ^a   Lüleci, Ersin ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biceps tendon; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Subacromial subdeltoid bursa; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TENDON SHEATH;

ADULT; AGED; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032979139     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199907/08)27:6<335::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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