title: Latissimus dorsi tendinosis and tear: imaging features of a pseudotumor of the upper limb in five patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to determine the imaging appearances of a pseudotumor of the upper limb, latissimus dorsi tendinosis and tear, in five patients and to correlate those imaging findings with clinical history and histopathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tears or reactive tendinosis of the latissimus dorsi tendon at its insertion on the proximal humerus may present as a pseudotumor. Awareness of the imaging findings may allow accurate diagnosis and conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. suzanne.anderson@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: Suzanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stauffer
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leinweber
authors.forename: Lynne S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Steinbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*