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Glenoid labral tears exceeding 180° are an uncommon entity in which characteristic clinical and MR imaging features can lead to a more accurate preoperative diagnosis. We provide a description of glenoid labral tears that exceed 180°, and their characteristic magnetic resonance imaging features. In the young, heavily muscled male athlete, the identification of multiple sites of labral pathology and isolated, extensive posterior labral injuries are features that should raise suspicion for labral tears that exceed 180°.
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Acknowledgement is given to Dr. Laurence Higgins, MD, in the Duke University Department of Orthopedics for his contributions on the surgical implications of extensive labral tears
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Lindauer, K.R., Major, N.M., Rougier-Chapman, D.P. et al. MR imaging appearance of 180–360° labral tears of the shoulder. Skeletal Radiol 34, 74–79 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-004-0879-2
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