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Computed tomography (CT) arthrography of shoulder instabilities in athletes

Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Jeffrey Minkoff, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

John Bonamo, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Hossein Firooznia, MD

Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Leonard Jaffe, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey

Cornelia Golimbu, MD

Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Orrin Sherman, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

Sixty professional and recreational athletes underwent CT arthrography of the shoulder for evaluation of sus pected shoulder joint derangement. These athletes, 46 males and 14 females ranging in age from 15 to 60 years (mean, 32 years), all had persistent pain that interfered with their sports activity and was resistant to conservative treatment.

Seventeen patients had shoulder instability based on clinical manifestations and CT arthrographic findings. An additional five patients, also based on clinical mani festations and CT arthrographic findings, were consid ered to have an unobtrusive degree of anterior joint laxity. Patients with anterior instability (20 cases) all had an anteroinferior tear or detachment of the glenoid labrum, as well as some violation of the insertion of the joint capsule onto the scapula. Those with posterior instability (two cases) had a combination of labral and capsular tears.

Two other major patterns of labral tears, both unaf filiated with shoulder instability, were identified. These included total or partial detachment of superior seg ments of the labrum, and anterior labral tears at the midglenoid level. Moreover, various degrees of labral attenuation (or, less often, enlargement), osteophyte formation, and alterations in articular cartilage were observed. Surgical correlation was obtained in 25 pa tients, with 95% accuracy of CT arthrographic findings.

CT arthrography is a minimally invasive and highly accurate technique for investigation of glenohumeral derangement. Specifically, the extent of pathologic changes associated with instability can be determined and differentiated from other intraarticular causes of incapacity, such as labral tears caused by throwing, or degenerative changes.

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