KEMAL EMRE ÖZEN, Gökalp ŞAHİN, ANIL DİDEM AYDIN KABAKÇI, AYNUR EMİNE ÇİÇEKCİBAŞI, DEMET AYDOĞDU, Duygu Akın SAYGIN

Ossification of Superior Transvers Scapular Ligament: A Case Report

Entrapment neuropathies, also known as nerve compressionsyndrome or compression neuropathy, may be defined as the lesionsof the peripheral nerves under exposure of any kind of physicalstress, including any kind of traumas and inflammatory or edematousprocesses, on the route of the nerve to the target tissue. Whileperforming a radiologic examination of multi-detector computerizedtomography images of vascular structures in the right shoulder regionof a 43 years old female Turkish patient who admitted to ourhospital, we observed a complete ossification of the superiortransverse scapular ligament. This case report, which is discussed inthe clinical perspectives of anatomic variations, puts forth that radioanatomicimages about variations, like the one used in this report, areof importance while illuminating the etiopathologic background ofentrapment neuropathies of the shoulder region.

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.

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