Current Issue May 2012 | Vol. 20, No. 2

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Update on the ShoulderGuest Editor: Jenny T. Bencardino

The unique anatomy and range of motion of the shoulder joint can present a diagnostic challenge. Careful physical examination and radiographic findings often provide important clues in the differential diagnosis and, in many instances, may be sufficient for the assessment of patients with shoulder pain and/or instability. However, characterization of soft tissue injuries and radiographically occult osseous pathology at the shoulder often benefits from the use of MR imaging, a technique that over the past two decades has secured its place as a very important tool in the diagnostic workup of internal derangements affecting the shoulder joint.