Inestabilidad Glenohumeral: Lo Que El Radiologo Debe Saber

Abstract

Glenohumeral instability is a common cause of pain and functional limitation of the shoulder, which involves symptomatic subluxation or dislocation of the humeral head with respect to the glenoid fossa. Glenohumeral instability may be classified according to several parameters: degree, direction, timing, etiology and biomechanics of the dislocation, among others. Imaging methods play an important role in the evaluation of glenohumeral instability, being all of them useful, complementary, and not necessarily mutually exclusive modalities. The following article presents a review of the main types of glenohumeral instability and related imaging findings.