Vol 64, No 3 (2005)
Case report
Published online: 2005-06-22
Severe bilateral atrophy of the spinati muscles in a cadaver
Folia Morphol 2005;64(3):224-225.
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.
Keywords: denervation syndromesshouldermuscle atrophymuscle wasting
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