Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow

Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society (대한견·주관절의학회)
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Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment by Ganglion Cyst - 2 Cases Report -

결절종에 의한 상겹갑 신경 포착 신경병증 -2례 보고-

  • Kyung Hee-Soo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim Sung-Jung (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim Poong-Taek (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim Young-Woo (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • 경희수 (경북대학교 의과대학 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 김성중 (경북대학교 의과대학 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 김풍택 (경북대학교 의과대학 정형외과학교실) ;
  • 김영우 (경북대학교 의과대학 정형외과학교실)
  • Published : 2000.12.01
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Abstract

Ganglion cysts causing suprascapular nerve compression are uncommon cause of suprascapular nerve entrapment. The advent of magnetic resonance imaging and its application in patients with shoulder pain has improved the ability to diagnose cystic lesions causing extrinsic compression of the suprascapular nerve. We present two cases of suprascapular nerve compression by ganglion cyst which was decompressed by surgical excision. Suprascapular nerve compression was also revealed by magnetic resonance imaging(MRI), electromyogram(EMG) and clinical present of muscle atrophy and motor weakness. In each case, the symptom was resolved after sugical excision of the cystic lesion. We experienced two cases of suprascapular nerve entrapment by ganglion cyst and report the clinical, radiological and pathological findings in detail.

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