Rim-rent tear of the rotator cuff: a common and easily overlooked partial tear.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of rim-rent rotator cuff tears in a population of patients referred for shoulder MRI and to determine the sensitivity of MRI for the detection of these tears. CONCLUSION: Rim-rent tears are a common type of partial-thickness rotator cuff tear, much more commonly present than has been previously reported. In particular, infraspinatus rim-rent tears are more common than previously believed. Rim-rent tears of the infraspinatus tendon and those involving the anterior-most fibers of the supraspinatus tendon are commonly overlooked on MRI, possibly because of failure to appreciate the high incidence of these types of tears and failure to inspect the anterior-most fibers of the rotator cuff.
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- Tendon Injuries
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Rupture
- Rotator Cuff Injuries
- Rotator Cuff
- Reproducibility of Results
- Observer Variation
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Male
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Tendon Injuries
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Rupture
- Rotator Cuff Injuries
- Rotator Cuff
- Reproducibility of Results
- Observer Variation
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Male