BACKGROUND: Shoulder joint is a common site of @entity4512 caused, among other things, by rotator cuff tears due to narrowing of subacromial space, acute @entity130 or chronic shoulder overload. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent modality for imaging of soft tissues of the shoulder joint considering a possibility of multiplanar image acquisition and non-invasive nature of the study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of partial and complete rotator cuff tears in magnetic resonance images of @entity1 with @entity5818 and to review the literature on the causes and classification of rotator cuff tears. MATERIAL/METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the results of 137 shoulder MRI examinations performed in 57 @entity1 and 72 @entity1 in Magnetic Resonance facility of the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging at the St. Jadwiga the Queen Regional Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszow between June 2010 and February 2013. Examinations were performed using Philips Achieva 1.5T device, including spin echo and gradient echo sequences with T1-, T2- and PD-weighted as well as fat saturation sequences in transverse, frontal and sagittal oblique planes. @entity1 were referred from hospital wards as well as from outpatient clinics of the subcarpathian province. RESULTS: The most frequently reported injuries included partial supraspinatus tendon tear and complete tearing most commonly involved the supraspinatus muscle tendon. The smallest group comprised @entity1 with @entity121 . Among 137 @entity1 in the study population, 129 @entity1 suffered from @entity158 , including 57 @entity1 who reported a history of @entity130 . There was 44% @entity1 and 56% @entity1 in a group of @entity1 with @entity158 . Posttraumatic @entity158 was predominantly reported by @entity1 , while @entity1 comprised a larger group of @entity1 with @entity158 not preceded by injury. CONCLUSIONS: Rotator cuff injury is a very common pathology in @entity1 with @entity5818 . Isolated supraspinatus @entity1796 or complete tearing is most frequent, rather than in conjunction with injuries to other rotator cuff tendons. We did not observe isolated complete tears of @entity121 .

Magnetic resonance imaging of rotator cuff tears in XXXX .

@entity4512 :: ('MESH:D059352', 'Disease') :: ['musculoskeletal pain'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'men'] @entity1796 :: ('MESH:D013708', 'Disease') :: ['tendon injury'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['shoulder pain'] @entity5818 :: ('MESH:D019534', 'Disease') :: ['shoulder impingement syndrome'] @entity121 :: ('MESH:D009135', 'Disease') :: ['infraspinatus and subscapular muscle tendons', 'complete tear of subscapularis muscle tendon'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity5818 :: (MESH:D019534,Disease) :: ['shoulder impingement syndrome']
