Study of Shoulder Pain Using MRI

Abstract

The main objective of study is to determine the underline of shoulder pain using MRI , this study carried out in the Modern Medical center in Khartoum state which equipped by high quality machine among the MRI GE 1.5 tesla . A total of 50 patients for this study(28 male 22 female,) aged from (16 years to 76 years), weight between( >60 Kg t0 <99 Kg)), almost all those complaining of persistent shoulder pain, most of them were under gone routine plain shoulder radiographs. More than 70%(35) of patient showed evidences of rotator cuff tear of different grades the most common muscle effected was supraspinatus (64%)32 of cases, that would not be seen in radiography, most of them were elder patient(28%)14 of sample were from age class above 50 (55-64), explaining that elder population are susceptible to cuff tears, and at high risk and occurrence of the shoulder pain increase with weight(62%)80-99 kg . The study verified that MRI the best to demonstrate soft tissue with high quality diagnostic.