- See:
- Radiographic Studies for the Shoulder
- Posterior Shoulder Dislocation
- Findings Seen on Specific Radiographic Views:
- Axillary View:
- reverse hill sachs lesion
- AP of the Shoulder:
- because humerus is internally rotated, the greater tuberosity will not be seen laterally, but rather will be seen directly in front of the humeral head;
- subacromial dislocation:
- posterior dislocation may leave humeral head in subacromial position so that humeral head lies behind the glenoid;
- subglenoid: head is beneath and behind the glenoid;
- subspinous: in which head is medial to acromion & beneath spine of scapula;
- loss of elliptical overlap:
- on the standard AP of the shoulder (perpendicular to the body and not the scapula), the glenoid will be shown to have an oblique profile;
- normally the humeral head will overlap the posterior portion of the obliquely profiled glenoid, but in the case of posterior dislocation, the normal overlap will not be present;
- vacant glenoid sign:
- refers to void seen in anterior half of glenoid fossa in posterior dislocations;
- 6 mm rim sign:
- space between anterior rim of glenoid & humeral head > 6 mm is highly suggestive of a posterior dislocation