Abstract
Rotator cuff disease is common and may be clinically silent or a cause of shoulder
pain. Evaluation of the rotator cuff before and after surgery is challenging for the
orthopedic surgeon, but the radiologist can make an accurate diagnosis and facilitate
appropriate management. This article reviews the current concepts on imaging diagnosis
of rotator cuff disease, beginning with a discussion of the complex anatomy of the
rotator cuff, continuing into the normal and pathologic MR imaging appearances of
the rotator cuff including tendinosis and tearing, and concluding with a review of
the postoperative cuff after various surgical repair techniques.
Keywords
rotator cuff disease - rotator cuff anatomy - tendinosis - tendon tear - postoperative
