Kemal Emre Özen, Gökalp Şahin, Anıl Didem Aydın Kabakçı, Aynur Emine Çiçekcibaşı, Demet Aydoğdu, Duygu Akın Saygın

Ligamentum Transversum Scapulae Superius’un Kemikleşmesi: Olgu Sunumu

Kompresyon nöropatileri olarak da bilinen tuzak nöropatiler, travma, inflamasyon veya ödem gibi herhangi bir sebebe bağlı olarak, periferik sinirin hedef dokuya seyri esnasında baskıya uğramasıdır. Hastanemize başvuran 43 yaşındaki bir kadın hastanın multidedektörlü bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntülerinin incelenmesi esnasında ligamentum transversum scapulae superius’un kemikleştiği gözlendi. Anatomik varyasyonların klinik perspektifte tartışıldığı bu vaka takdimi, varyasyonların radyo-anatomik görüntülerinin omuz bölgesindeki tuzak nöropatilerin aydınlatılmasındaki önemini ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Incisura scapulae, mültidedektörlü bilgisayarlı tomografi, tuzak nöropati, ligamentum transversum scapulae superius

Ossification of Superior Transvers Scapular Ligament: A Case Report

Entrapment neuropathies, also known as nerve compression syndrome or compression neuropathy, may be defined as the lesions of the peripheral nerves under exposure of any kind of physical stress, including any kind of traumas and inflammatory or edematous processes, on the route of the nerve to the target tissue. While performing a radiologic examination of multi-detector computerized tomography images of vascular structures in the right shoulder region of a 43 years old female Turkish patient who admitted to our hospital, we observed a complete ossification of the superior transverse scapular ligament. This case report, which is discussed in the clinical perspectives of anatomic variations, puts forth that radio-anatomic images about variations, like the one used in this report, are of importance while illuminating the etiopathologic background of entrapment neuropathies of the shoulder region.

Keywords:

Suprascapular notch, multi-detector computerized tomography, entrapment neuropathy, superior transverse scapular ligament,

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