Mr in suprascapular nerve entrapment caused by supraglenoid cyst compression

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Carlos Alfredo Capiel
Juan Lucas Fernández
Sebastián Costantino
Matías Landi
Diego Pegoraro

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Suprascapular nerve entrapment has been regarded as a relatively uncommon condition that is easily overlooked in the differential diagnosis of shoulder discomfort. The common feature is nerve damage, caused either by trauma, extrinsic compression or by stretching secondary to repeated movements. Ganglion cysts account for the majority of the masses causing entrapment and seem to occur exclusively in men. Seven cases of suprascapular nerve entrapment caused by supraglenoid cyst compression were reviewed with MRI. MRI showed the cause and location of nerve compression as well as the distribution of muscular edema in all cases. MR imaging also allows an evaluation of the severity of the disease. It is also very efficient in excluding several differential diagnoses

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Capiel CA, Fernández JL, Costantino S, Landi M, Pegoraro D. Mr in suprascapular nerve entrapment caused by supraglenoid cyst compression. Rev Hosp Ital B.Aires [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 30 [cited 2026 Jul. 6];38(2):56-61. Available from: https://ojs.hospitalitaliano.org.ar/index.php/revistahi/article/view/574

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