Entrapment neuropathy of the inferior branch of the suprascapular nerve by a ganglion cyst mimicking cervical disk disease [8]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1025-1026

  Akgun K ^a,b   Erdogan F ^a   Aydingoz O ^a   Kanberoglu K ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pazarbasý mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 17444442563     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.10.1025     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Fam AG.The wrist and hand. In: Klippel JH, Dieppe PA, eds. Rheumatology. Vol 4. London: Mosby, 199: 9.1-8.
2. Ferrick MR, Mareo JM. Suprascapular entrapment neuropathy and ganglion cysts about the shoulder. Orthopedics 1999;22:430-4.
3. Fehrman DA, Orwin JF, Jennings RM. Suprascapular nerve entrapment by ganglion cysts: a report of six cases with arthroscopic findings and review of the literature. Arthroscopy 1995;11:727-34.
4. Matsen FA, Arntz CT, Lippitt SB. Rotator cuff. In: Rockwood CA Jr, Matsen FA III, eds. The shoulder. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1998:755-839.
5. Fritz RC, Helms CA, Steinbach LS, Genant HK. Suprascapular nerve entrapment: evaluation with MRI. Radiology 1992;182:437-44.
6. Post M, Mayer J. Suprascapular nerve entrapment. Clin Orthop 1987;223:126-36.
7. Antoniadis G, Richter H, Rath S, Braun V, Moese G. Suprascapular nerve entrapment: experience with 28 cases. J Neurosurg 1996;85:1020-5.
8. Lawrence JS. Disk degeneration, its frequency and relationship to symptoms. Ann Rheum Dis 1969;28:121-38.