title: Intraneural ganglion of the suprascapular nerve: case report.
abstract: We present a case of multicystic ganglion of the suprascapular nerve in an 18-year-old man. Pain and shoulder weakness were present and examination showed weakness and atrophy of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. Electromyography showed severe denervation of the infraspinatus and supraspinatus muscles. At surgery a multicystic lesion of the suprascapular nerve extending approximately 5.7 cm from its origin was resected and reconstructed by sural nerve grafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Therapeutic, Level V.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226-3595, USA. jsanger@mcw.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanger
authors.forename: Wilberto
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cortes
authors.forename: Ji-Geng
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000601:surgery*; D004576:Electromyography; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012540:Scapula / Q000294:innervation*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology