title: Osteochondrosis of the inferior pole of the scapula (Roca disease).
abstract: We report a rare case of osteochondrosis of the inferior pole of the scapula in a 14-year-old boy, an amateur swimmer, that was diagnosed by a combination of clinical and imaging findings. Also known as Roca disease, this is the first article to report this entity in the English literature and demonstrates its computerized tomography and MRI features.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Heart Hospital (HCor) and Teleimagem bDepartment of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Alta Diagnostics, São Paulo, Brazil cMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Division, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Abdalla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skaf
authors.forename: Atul K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Taneja
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D055034:Osteochondrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012540:Scapula; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D013550:Swimming; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*