Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 52, No 4, December, 2013
UDK 61
ISSN 0365-4478(Printed version)
ISSN 1821-2794(Online)
 

Correspondence to:

Karmela Filipović

Specijalna bolnica za reumatske bolesti

Futoška 68, Novi Sad, Serbia

E-mail: karmelafilipovic@gmail.com

Case report                                                                                 

UDC: 616.727.2-073.7

doi:10.5633/amm.2013.0407

COMPARISON BETWEEN ULTRASONOGRAPHY RESULTS AND RESULTS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN SHOULDER PATHOLOGY – CASE REPORT

Karmela Filipović¹, Sofija Subin-Teodosijević², Jelena Zvekić- Svorcan¹,  Snežana Tomašević-Todorović³

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Novi Sad, Serbia¹

General Hospital “Đorđe Joanović”, Zrenjanin, Serbia²

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Clinic for Medical Rehabiitation, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia³

The common pathological condition of the shoulder joint is rotator cuff diseases.

Patient, 68 years, had pain in the shoulder with limited joint mobility. After clinical examination, blood tests (SE >100 nmol/L, CSF normal, hypergamma- globulinemia) and radiographic examination (bone dilution with deformities of the humeral head), a solitary plasmocytoma was suspected. This diagnosis was excluded after biopsy. Patient was referred to the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the shoulder, so ultrasonographic (US) examination was performed. Our case study points to comparability between US and MRI results regarding tendinitis of muscles in the rotator cuff. By applying both diagnostic methods, calcifications within muscle tendons were evident.

Sonography is faster, cheaper, more accessible and readily available method that certainly is a valuable tool for clinicians when it comes to rotator cuff lesions.  Acta Medica Medianae 2013;52(4): 39-43.

      Key words: rotator cuff, shoulder, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance