title: Soft-tissue masses in the shoulder girdle: an imaging perspective.
abstract: We discuss the radiological assessment of soft-tissue masses presenting in the shoulder girdle and emphasise the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different imaging modalities available. The appearances of the common benign and malignant soft-tissue tumours are presented together with conditions that present with specific imaging features around the shoulder region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK. sriniharish@gmail.com
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harish
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saifuddin
authors.forename: Philip W P
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Bearcroft
mesh_terms: D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography