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Let's talk about a variation that occurs in about 1%-2%

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of the population called the Buford Complex or

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Buford Variation, which means I'm going to ignore the

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joint fluid, I'm going to ignore the subacromial arch

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impingement, the peritendinitis, the small partial thickness

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concealed tear of the footprint, I'm even going to ignore

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the plastic deformation of the infraposteure recess of

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the shoulder as a sign of chronic micro instability.

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And I'm going to focus on this.

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A large triangular pseudomass that looks like

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a piece of labrum that's avulsed with a big

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cavernous space between it and the glenoid.

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That cavernous space is a normal sulcus where the

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patient doesn't have an anterosuperior labrum.

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Rather, the labrum is replaced by a large

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cord like structure that is made up of a

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short stubby SGHL and a large cord like MGHL.

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And here it is in the coronal projection.

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Let's go right to it.

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Look at that thick, vertically descending MGHL.

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You know from prior discussions,

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the MGHL can go up and down.

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It can go obliquely, forming a Z shape with the

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superior glenohumeral ligament, the oblique MGHL,

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and the IGHL, or it can be completely horizontal.

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It's often variable and perforated.

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But this one continues on down

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as a very thick, vertical line.

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Pseudomass like chord structure with an intervening

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space between, not to be confused with a labral tear.

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As we get down lower, that space will close.

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And indeed, it does.

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It usually closes by the time we reach the inferior third.

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And now it looks like a beautiful, smooth, black triangle.

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We'll ignore, for now, any changes in

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the posterior labrum, which are scant.

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We'll also ignore these.

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linear or laminar tears in the biceps long head

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with the synovitic proliferation around them.

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But we won't ignore this thick, large MGHL or cord like

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MGHL descending from our triangular pseudomass that

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has the SGHL emanating from it right there, the MGHL

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coming straight down, and a sulcus between it and the

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underlying glenoid cup, the so called Buford complex.

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Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

Tags

Shoulder

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Idiopathic

Congenital

Bone & Soft Tissues

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