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 |