If you know how to read one, does that look like a SLAP tear to you?
When i squint really hard I see either Jesus or Elvis. 
Sorry, nothing of value to add. Get better.
-Jot
I read lots of MRIs, but not shoulders.
My suspicion is NO though … I believe there is 1, maybe 2, radiologists here and a few orthopedists. Of course, it would be nice to see more than jut 1 T1 frontal image 
Aztec-You have a nice young shoulder. Since you have this image, you know that an MRI is done with many images, some with different emphasis placed on fat, the contrast media injected into your shoulder, etc. Unlike a fracture, a SLAP tear is often best seen over a range of images from different perspectives. The Ortho guy/gal or Physiatrist who ordered this can probably show you the major abnormalities. If you ask nicely, the radiologist who read it might even do the same depending on hospital policy-ours do.
Once you get that information, the tough part begins trying to decide if the MRI findings match your physical exam and if they are responsible for your symptoms. And, if they are felt to be the problem, what’s the next step? Good luck.
Very cute! I got a good laugh out of it…but I’m glad you’re not my radiologist.
John
My question is, if a slap tear was suspected…why was an mr-arthrogram not ordered?
I’m not in the medical profession…seems to me that the MRI is rather old (12/30/2004). What has happened in between the MRI and now?
Thanks.
I’m oh, so tempted, to pull out one of my radiologist reports and spice it up.
“Degenerative discs in L4-L5. L5-S1. Repeated occular distoration reveals
a religious figure in S1-S2.”
-Jot
That MRI looks fine.
SLAP Tear = the most over diagnosed, over operated on problem in orthopedics. Frequently an excuse for a not very busy surgeon to put a scope in your shoulder and say he fixed something, that is probably your normal anatomy.
Aztec-You have a nice young shoulder. Since you have this image, you know that an MRI is done with many images, some with different emphasis placed on fat, the contrast media injected into your shoulder, etc. Unlike a fracture, a SLAP tear is often best seen over a range of images from different perspectives. The Ortho guy/gal or Physiatrist who ordered this can probably show you the major abnormalities. If you ask nicely, the radiologist who read it might even do the same depending on hospital policy-ours do.
Once you get that information, the tough part begins trying to decide if the MRI findings match your physical exam and if they are responsible for your symptoms. And, if they are felt to be the problem, what’s the next step? Good luck.
I wish. That joint is mid-40s in age and been a problem constantly for 20 of those years.
To the poster that asked about what’s happened since this '04 MRI, well lots of small annoyances worsened by the pool. I’ve been dry for 3 months and it got a lot worse (and different). So I’m seeing an ortho in a week, and may refresh the MRI. His PA took a look last week, tested for SLAP and thinks that’s what it is. So I figured I’d pull out the old MRI, which had listed in it’s report a “SLAP lesion approx 1cm across”.
I’m a heart nurse.
That said. I’ve come to read enough MRIs to say “Yep, thats a stroke. Nope, thats not a stroke. Or, Oh boy, its a big stroke.”
That’s all I can read. From the look of your MRI, You haven’t had a stroke.
Of course. I can offer a nice story:
Just a few weeks ago, I was sitting in the MRI room monitoring a patient getting a MRI/MRA of the brain, neck, etc… Sitting there thinking to myself: I wish this loud ass machine would just HTFU.
I can’t read MRIs but I did want to tell you that seeing pictures of shoulders are SO COOL.
I really should go into radiology (I drool over x rays too).
So… not doing well? Email or PM me?