title: Magnetic resonance imaging of nontraumatic shoulder instability in children.
abstract: Nontraumatic shoulder instability is infrequent in children. We examined prospectively with high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 11 patients with this disorder, including 2 with Holt-Oram syndrome and 11 healthy control subjects. The MR findings in the glenohumeral joint in normally growing children are presented. Two patients with shoulder instability were considered as normal, one presented with type 2 (Zlatkin) labral lesions, three, type 3 and one, type 4 lesions. Close attention to the normal imaging patterns of the maturing glenohumeral joint is required to avoid pitfalls in the interpretation of the images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gudinchet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naggar
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ginalski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutoit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnyder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*