Presumed Glenoid SLAP Tear in an Adolescent Football Player Belied the Presence of a Coracoid Growth Plate Fracture: A Diagnostic Conundrum

Figure 2

MR images of the patient’s injured shoulder. Arrows point to the suspected SLAP tear in both images. (a) This image was taken approximately 11 weeks after the index injury. (b) This image is from the second MRI, which was approximately 27 weeks after the index injury. Because T2-weighted imaging was not performed during the second MRI scan, a direct comparison cannot be made to part (a). Also, the left (noninjured) shoulder was not evaluated with MRI.

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