Quadrilateral space syndrome: incidence of imaging findings in a population referred for MRI of the shoulder

R Lee Cothran Jr; Clyde Helms

doi:10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840989

Quadrilateral space syndrome: incidence of imaging findings in a population referred for MRI of the shoulder

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Mar;184(3):989-92. doi: 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840989.

Authors

R Lee Cothran Jr¹, Clyde Helms

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System, Erwin Rd., Box 3808, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

PMID: 15728630
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840989

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of MRI findings suggesting quadrilateral space syndrome in a population referred for shoulder MRI.

Conclusion: Focal teres minor atrophy or abnormal signal suggesting quadrilateral space syndrome is an uncommon, although not rare, finding on MRI of the shoulder in our referral population and is rarely an isolated abnormality.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arteries / pathology*
Axilla
Female
Humans
Incidence
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Muscular Diseases / complications
Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
Muscular Diseases / epidemiology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / complications
Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / epidemiology
Shoulder / pathology*
Vascular Diseases / complications
Vascular Diseases / diagnosis
Vascular Diseases / epidemiology