Head and Neck Imaging

The Diagnostic Value of MSCT and MRI for Traumatic Shoulder Joint Injury*

Author:ZHANG Ya-lin, LIAO Rong-xin, ZHOU Li-chao.

affiliation:Department of Radiology, Changsha Central Hospital, Changsha 410004, Hunan Province, China

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Abstract

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of MSCT and MRI in traumatic shoulder joint injury. Methods It was included 65 cases of traumatic shoulder joint injury, patients confirmed by clinical with fracture or occult fracture 52 cases , rotator cuff tear 31 cases, and 65 cases had soft tissue contusion of muscle. All patients underwent both MSCT and MRI. Results It was found to 49 cases with fracture, muscle and other soft tissue contusion 43 cases, 2 cases of rotator cuff tear by MSCT examination in all cases. 51 cases of fracture or occult fracture,65 cases of muscle and other soft tissue contusion and 15 cases of rotator cuff tear were confirmed by MRI. Conclusion Both MSCT and MRI had the high accuracy for the diagnosis of shoulder joint fractures , no difference between the two, but in the rotator cuff tear and muscle tissue damage on the diagnosis of MRI is superior to the MSCT.

【Keyword】Shoulder Joint; Rotator Cuff; Multi-slice Spiral CT; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

【Chart number】R446.2;R684

【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】10.3969/j.issn.1009-3257.2018.04.020