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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 1/2007

01-01-2007 | Orthopaedic Surgery

Humeral osteochondroma causing a subscapularis tear: a rare source of shoulder dysfunction

Authors: Franziska Reize, Eduard Buess

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

The proximal humerus is a well-known site of predilection for the solitary osteochondroma—the most common benign bone tumor. Subscapularis tears were underreported in the pre-arthroscopic era. Literature about rotator cuff impairment caused by osteochondromas is almost non-existent. We will present the case of a young man, who had a complete non-traumatic subscapularis tear, where the tendon had been peeled off the lesser tuberosity by an osteochondroma. Diagnostic features such as MRI and arthroscopy are emphasized. The patient was successfully treated by open resection of the tumor and reattachment of the tendon with suture anchors.
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Metadata
Title
Humeral osteochondroma causing a subscapularis tear: a rare source of shoulder dysfunction
Authors
Franziska Reize
Eduard Buess
Publication date
01-01-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-006-0210-x

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