E³ - The Beauty of Basic Knowledge: Imaging of Common Joint Disorders

E³ 22A - The painful shoulder

March 4, 11:30 - 12:30 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Josef Kramer, Linz / Austria
25 min
MRI reporting: a systematic approach
Marco Zanetti, Baden / Switzerland
  1. To understand the approach used in reporting and classifying MR imaging findings of the painful shoulder.
  2. To review the normal anatomy of the rotator cuff, the long head of the biceps tendon, including the pulley system, as well as the cartilage and labrum.
  3. To demonstrate differential diagnoses for degenerative and post-traumatic abnormalities of the rotator cuff.
25 min
Imaging of sports injuries
Andrew J Grainger, Cambridge / United Kingdom
  1. To recognise the key imaging findings associated with post-traumatic shoulder instability.
  2. To understand the mechanisms of injury that lead to superior labral injury in overhead athletes.
  3. To identify the findings that are seen on imaging as a result of repetitive low-grade sporting trauma.
5 min
Panel discussion