Middle age female patient with shoulder pain examined for SONOZORG a primary care ultrasound facility.
How would you describe it?
A) tendinosis
B) tendinosis and partial articular sided rupture
C) Tendinosis and intratendinous rupture
D) full thickness rupture
The first patient had some tendinosis and a partial articular sided supraspinatus tendon rupture. The rupture communicates with the articular cartilage but not with the bursa. There are also cortical irregularities
The second patient also had a supraspinatus tendon rupture with volume loss and bursal thickening but the exact extent was unclear (intratendinous or partial bursal sided).
The third patient also showed volume loss of the tendon but was operated on the tendon which was still intact.