Enlarged spinoglenoid notch veins causing XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1560 @entity2850 @entity194 @entity158
OBJECTIVE: To report the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of enlarged veins in the spinoglenoid notch as a cause of @entity2850 . DESIGN AND @entity1 : Six @entity1 presented to MR imaging for evaluation of chronic @entity158 . Clinical information and MR imaging studies were reviewed. The spinoglenoid notch vascular structures were compared with measurements made in 10 age-matched controls. RESULTS: Spinoglenoid notch vascular structures measured in 10 asymptomatic age-matched control @entity1 ranged from 1 to 4 mm in diameter with an average of 2.2 mm. The six study @entity1 had vascular structures that ranged from 6 to 10 mm in diameter with an average of 8.4 mm. @entity194 and @entity1560 of the infraspinatus muscle was noted as an associated finding at MR imaging in all six @entity1 . Surgery was performed in three of the six @entity1 , at which time a venous varix was identified in the spinoglenoid notch in all three @entity1 . CONCLUSION: We describe distended veins in the spinoglenoid notch. These may be readily apparent at MR imaging and should be distinguished from @entity2850 in the absence of labral tears, especially if percutaneous aspiration of a ganglion cyst is entertained.
