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. 2024 Jun 6;35(1):139–147. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1787667

Table 1. Pathologies affecting supraspinous fossa.

1 Pathologies affecting supraspinatus muscles (a) Muscle atrophy
(b) Delaminating tear with cyst
(c) Denervation muscle edema
(d) Parsonage–Turner's syndrome
2 Pathologies affecting suprascapular nerve (suprascapular notch) (a) Idiopathic
(b) Space occupying lesion such as paralabral cyst
3 Pathologies affecting scapular body, distal clavicle, and spinous process (a) Tumor
(b) Trauma
4 Glenohumeral pathology extending into supraspinous fossa (a) Infective arthritis with extension of abscess
(b) Paralabral cyst
(c) Ganglion cyst
(d) Synovial cyst
5 Acromioclavicular joint pathology extending into supraspinous fossa (a) Ganglion cyst
(b) Synovial cyst
6 Miscellaneous (a) Soft tissue tumor
(b) Hemangioma
(c) Hematoma
(d) Myositis ossificans
(e) Fibromatosis
(f) Myocysticercosis