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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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From: MR arthrography: correlation between anatomic intraarticular variants of the long head of the biceps tendon (long head biceps tendon) and superior labral anterior to posterior (SLAP) lesions

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The images in a–d are all T1-weighted MR arthrographies, acquired in coronal-oblique section after intraarticular injection of approximately 20 ml of paramagnetic contrast agent. In particular, image a shows a type I SLAP lesion (arrowhead); image b shows a type II SLAP lesion (arrowheads) that does not reach the bicipital anchor (arrow); image c displays a type III SLAP lesion where the lesion (arrowhead) extends in a centrifugal direction alongside the bicipital anchor (curved arrow) delimiting a triangular fragment of fibrocartilage (star); image d displays a type IV SLAP lesion where the lesion (thick arrow) reaches and interrupts part of the bicipital anchor (thin arrow). c and d are reprinted with the permission of E. A. Genovese [3]

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