[CME Sonography 95: Sonographic Differential Diagnosis of Anterior Shoulder Pain]

CME Sonography 95: Sonographic Differential Diagnosis of Anterior Shoulder Pain Abstract. Anterior shoulder pain is common, and, compared to high-resolution dynamic sonography, the clinical examination is usually not precise enough for the exact classification of the cause of the pain. In this review we discuss possible causes of anterior shoulder pain with special emphasis on the ultrasound diagnosis of causes of subcoracoidal impingement and of anterior snapping syndrome. We use high-resolution ultrasound images to illustrate various possible underlying pathologies in anterior shoulder pain.