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Orthopedics · Orthopedics / Shoulder Suprascapular nerve entrapment syndrome
Also known as: Suprascapular neuropathy
Compression of the suprascapular nerve at the notch.
- Medical specialty
- Orthopedics
- Subspecialty
- Orthopedics / Shoulder
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
Etiology & mechanism
Ganglion cyst or repeated overhead motion.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded.
Symptoms & signs (3)
infraspinatus atrophyposterior shoulder painweak external rotation