Spontaneous stress fracture of the scapular spine associated with rotator cuff tendinopathy is a rare complication in an elderly patient. Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a common condition characterized by degeneration and inflammation of the rotator cuff tendons. On the other hand, stress fractures are small cracks or breaks in bones that occur in response to repetitive or excessive mechanical loading.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDendritic fibromyxolipoma (DFML) is a benign, very rare, and slow-growing soft tissue tumor commonly involving the muscular fascia of the foot, calf, shoulders, back, or head and neck muscles. Many authors consider dendritic fibromyxolipoma a variant of spindle cell lipoma composed of a plexiform vascular pattern, dendritic cytoplasmic processes, and keloidal collagen. Only a few cases have been reported in the shoulder region, and the presented case represents the second case in English literature whose histopathology showed intramuscular involvement.
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