title: Normal and abnormal glenoid labrum: assessment with multiplanar gradient-echo MR imaging.
abstract: A retrospective study of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the glenoid labrum performed with multiplanar gradient-echo (MPGR) sequences was done to ascertain the different appearances of the normal labrum and the findings in patients with tears. MPGR images were obtained with a 1.5-T magnet in 37 shoulders of 16 healthy subjects and 19 patients with subsequent surgical evaluation. Increased intralabral signal intensity was seen in 12 of 26 normal shoulders (46%), and atypical morphology was seen in six shoulders (23%). Atypical morphology was present in eight of nine patients with labral tears. Deformity (n = 2 [22%]) and clefts (n = 2 [22%]) were seen in patients with tears. Deformity (n = 3 [12%]) and clefts (n = 1 [4%]) were occasionally seen in healthy subjects. Absence of the labrum and separation of the labrum from the glenoid cavity was present only in patients with tears; therefore, the labrum should be presumed torn in the presence of these findings. Increased intralabral signal intensity on MPGR images did not help predict labral integrity; morphologic findings were more predictive of labral tear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: McCauley
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jokl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012540:Scapula / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery