title: Rotator cuff tear associated with a posterior dislocation of the shoulder in a young adult: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Posterior glenohumeral dislocations are rare, and an accurate diagnosis is often difficult to make. Although rotator cuff tears are a known risk in the common traumatic anterior glenohumeral dislocation, they are an extremely rare event in association with posterior glenohumeral dislocation, regardless of patient age. There have only been 2 documented cases of rotator cuff tear following posterior shoulder dislocation previously reported in the literature. We report the case of a rotator cuff tear associated with a closed traumatic posterior dislocation of the shoulder in a 22-year-old male involved in a motorcycle accident. This is only the second report of an isolated rotator cuff tear occurring as a result of a posterior shoulder dislocation. Furthermore, this case concerns the youngest patient ever to sustain such an injury in the orthopaedic literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH 44307, USA. ajschoen@neoucom.edu
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Schoenfeld
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lippitt
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery*; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*