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Help understanding Radiology report on shoulder
Age 35
Sex F
Height 5 Ft 5in
Weight 175
Location Montana
Had an MRI on my shoulder as I have been experiencing severe shoulder pain following an ulnar nerve surgery a few weeks ago. The surgery was a little atypical because they found a lipoma that was pressing down on the nerve just above my elbow so it wasn't a true entrapment like what they thought it was. My elbow pain has sense resolved but have been experiencing severe shoulder pain ever since.
I had my MRI and the results posted but I don't understand the terminology and I don't see Ortho for another 3 weeks
Narrative & Impression
EXAMINATION: MR right shoulder without contrast
INDICATION: Right shoulder pain
COMPARISON: Right shoulder 4 views 3/8/2024
FINDINGS: Multiplanar, multisequence, noncontrast right shoulder MR
Rotator cuff: Increased signal within the infraspinatus tendon
consistent with tendinopathy. No full-thickness rotator cuff tear.
Supraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor tendons appear grossly
normal. No muscle belly atrophy
Biceps: Normally located the bicipital groove. Intra-articular tendon
normal in signal. Anchor intact
Labrum and cartilage: No obvious labral tear or full-thickness
glenohumeral cartilage defect
Marrow soft tissues: No fracture. Marrow signal grossly normal. AC
joint space preserved. Small amount of fluid in the
subacromial/subdeltoid bursa suggesting bursitis
IMPRESSION:
Infraspinatus tendinopathy. No full-thickness rotator cuff
tear
Sex F
Height 5 Ft 5in
Weight 175
Location Montana
Had an MRI on my shoulder as I have been experiencing severe shoulder pain following an ulnar nerve surgery a few weeks ago. The surgery was a little atypical because they found a lipoma that was pressing down on the nerve just above my elbow so it wasn't a true entrapment like what they thought it was. My elbow pain has sense resolved but have been experiencing severe shoulder pain ever since.
I had my MRI and the results posted but I don't understand the terminology and I don't see Ortho for another 3 weeks
Narrative & Impression
EXAMINATION: MR right shoulder without contrast
INDICATION: Right shoulder pain
COMPARISON: Right shoulder 4 views 3/8/2024
FINDINGS: Multiplanar, multisequence, noncontrast right shoulder MR
Rotator cuff: Increased signal within the infraspinatus tendon
consistent with tendinopathy. No full-thickness rotator cuff tear.
Supraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor tendons appear grossly
normal. No muscle belly atrophy
Biceps: Normally located the bicipital groove. Intra-articular tendon
normal in signal. Anchor intact
Labrum and cartilage: No obvious labral tear or full-thickness
glenohumeral cartilage defect
Marrow soft tissues: No fracture. Marrow signal grossly normal. AC
joint space preserved. Small amount of fluid in the
subacromial/subdeltoid bursa suggesting bursitis
IMPRESSION:
Infraspinatus tendinopathy. No full-thickness rotator cuff
tear
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