title: [Shoulder pain due to suprascapular neuropathy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Shoulder complaints are caused by suprascapular neuropathy in 1-2% of patients. This rare condition is characterised by slowly progressing shoulder pain, which has as a consequence restriction of movement and loss of strength. The most frequent causes are tear of the rotator cuff or a space occupying lesion.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 30-year-old man presented with slowly arising shoulder pain with subsequent also loss of strength and atrophy of the shoulder. A MRI scan of the shoulder showed a cyst in the glenoid cavity. Using EMG suprascapular neuropathy was diagnosed. The cyst was removed by operation and the patient recovered well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis 'suprascapular neuropathy' was made using EMG. Space occupying lesions of the shoulder can be excluded by X-ray and MRI. The treatment is primarily conservative, with physiotherapy and pain management.
authors.affiliation: Tergooiziekenhuizen, afd. Orthopedie, Hilversum, the Netherlands. jhm.van.ochten@gmail.com
authors.forename: J H M Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van Ochten
authors.forename: Maarten J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.forename: Ronald A W
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Verhagen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D012782:Shoulder / Q000294:innervation*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome