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Glenohumeral Joint: Capsulolabroligamentous Lesions Part 1

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Okay, so what we're gonna do now in the second half,

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or a little less than half of the lecture,

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we're gonna now go through some

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of the more subtle abnormalities.

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Yesterday we talked about the slap lesions.

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I'm not gonna cover these.

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I will talk a little bit about, uh,

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GLAD lesions in the second lecture,

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and I'll talk about flap lesions a little bit.

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In this lecture, what we're gonna decide is

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with anterior macro instability, where is the abnormality?

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Glenoid failure, which are four varieties,

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occurs in about 70% of cases.

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Cases failure in the capsule itself,

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and 20% failure at the humeral, uh, side 10%

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and at multiple sides producing a floating ligament.

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Very, very rare.

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So we're gonna go down this list showing you each

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of these patterns of failure, starting

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with failure at the glenoid attachment

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of the anterior band,

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of the inferior numeral ligaments shown here in a transverse

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image in a cadaver,

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which we did a MR air gram.

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So looking at this, this is the first target site

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that we're gonna look at.

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The first of these lesions is a soft tissue bankart lesion.

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So here's what happens.

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The humeral head dislocates anteriorly,

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this will put tension on the anterior band

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of the inferior glen mal ligament.

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It will lead to a labral detachment.

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That detachment will elevate the anterior scapular

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periosteum and, and eventually produce a break in

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that periosteum.

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So this is an anter labral ligamentous avulsion

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with periosteal disruption.

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And now what you have is ligament labrum periosteal tissue

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no longer attached acutely to the glenoid margin.

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So what can happen,

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this can float up higher up in the joint.

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So although this is derived anter inferiorly,

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you may encounter it at three o'clock

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or two o'clock, the displaced tissue,

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and that becomes important to recognize diagnostically.

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So let me show you the drawings on the left

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from Mike Stadnik.

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Here is an MR image showing you this soft tissue

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bankart lesion, detached labrum, displaced

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elevation, and rupture

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of the periosteum labeled P in the drawing.

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This is a beautiful example of what it looks like

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and who tear here is the tear

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of the anterior scapular periosteum.

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Here's another case. This one with Mr. Arthrography.

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The arrow is pointing to the detached and displaced labrum.

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And as you look at this particular image,

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you can see this is a grossly abnormal anterior

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scapular periosteum.

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Some of that is labral tissue.

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Now, as that tissue

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labrum periosteum ligament float up,

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they create a ball of tissue that has a name it was named

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by at the, uh, Naval Hospital in San Diego

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and called glenoid labrum, ovoid mass or glom.

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Some people call it the glom sign

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and it's a sign of a Bankart lesion,

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but it doesn't look like a Buford.

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It's more irregular

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and it doesn't look like it dislocated biceps tendon

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'cause it has those strands.

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This is the glom side.

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Now, what can happen

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with a sub glenoid anter Glen al joint dislocation

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the labrum along with the aary pouch

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and portions of the Anter band,

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and sometimes the posterior band are pulled off

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of the glenoid.

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So this really is a variant of a soft tissue bankart lesion.

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But you'll hear this term glenoid labrum, avulsion

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of the glen mal ligaments.

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Gaggle, I don't use that term.

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I think this is simply a soft tissue

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Bankart lesion occurring more inferiorly

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with a sub glenoid dislocation.

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The next point of failure

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or lesion that occurs at the glenoid point of failure

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is the ole lesion,

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anterior labral ligamentous periosteal, sleep avulsion.

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Acutely what occurs?

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The humeral head dislocates, there's tension on

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that anter band.

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The labrum is a pulse.

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The scapular periosteum is elevated, but it is not torn.

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So this is a detached, slightly displaced labrum,

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but it can't wander too far.

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And if it wanders, it frequently does so

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inferiorly and medially.

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All right? But it doesn't have to wander at least acutely in

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that direction.

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So here's a beautiful example.

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First by diagram, here's the detachment.

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And you can see the lax

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but intact anterior scapular periosteum.

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Here is the detached labrum.

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Here is the stripped intact periosteum.

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And in this case, acutely, it's really not, uh,

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far medially, uh, displaced.

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Often it is, but it doesn't have to be

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as shown in this example.

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Here's another one. This one looks like it's been

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around a while here.

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In fact, it is displaced immediately, the detached labrum.

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Here's the elevated and thickened anterior sca, uh,

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scapular periosteum.

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So this is an acute or subacute outsole lesion.

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And one more, and you'll note

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that we see this particular detachment, not just in the

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a bear position, more about why I mention that in a moment,

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but we see it in the transverse plane, the coronal plane,

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and in the sagittal

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Plane.

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Now, over a period of time, a chronic SSA develops

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and what occurs is fibrosis around the detached labrum

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and in the adjacent tissues.

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So you end up with a mass that is inferior,

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immediately displaced.

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To show you what some cases look like. Here is one example.

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This is not a, a acute ulcer.

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This is a chronic ulcer with a lot of peri labral fibrosis.

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Here you can see it is somewhat medial in this

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particular autograph.

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Here's another one. The coronal images look similar.

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Here it was, you can see two pieces of that displaced labrum

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medial lies below the inferior margin of the glenoid.

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So these are chronic aset.

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Faculty

Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

Donald Resnick, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

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