Severe bilateral atrophy of the spinati muscles in a cadaver

R. Shane Tubbs; E. George Salter; W. Jerry Oakes

Vol 64, No 3 (2005)

Case report

Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2005-06-22

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Severe bilateral atrophy of the spinati muscles in a cadaver

R. Shane Tubbs, E. George Salter, W. Jerry Oakes

Folia Morphol 2005;64(3):224-225.

Vol 64, No 3 (2005)

CASE REPORTS

Submitted: 2012-02-06

Published online: 2005-06-22

Abstract

During the routine dissection of a 62-year-old male cadaver, bilateral atrophy of the supra and infraspinatus muscles was observed. The suprascapular nerves, cervical spinal cord and surrounding muscles were found to be normal. We propose that, in the face of normal histology and other normal shoulder girdle muscles and normal nerves, this case represents an instance of Parsonage-Turner syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of bilateral spinati atrophy in a cadaver.