%0 Journal Article %T Is there a relationship between the long head of the biceps tendon and rotator cuff pathology with the humeral head cysts? %A Mehmet Hamdi £¿ahan %J - %D 2019 %X Aim: The aim was to investigate the relationship between the location of the humeral head tubercle cysts and the rotator cuff, biceps long head tendon pathologies. Material and Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging of shoulder in our clinic between February 2014 and March 2018 was retrospectively reviewed. Three hundred patients with the cyst in the humeral head tubercle cysts were included in the study. The greater tubercle was divided into anterior and posterior lines with a parallel line drawn on the humerus shaft in sagittal images. The anterior greater tubercle, the posterior greater tubercle and the lesser tubercle were divided into three groups of cysts. Also according to the size of the cyst, it was divided into 5 mm small and 5 mm large. Pathologies in the rotator cuff tendons were examined as full thickness and partial tears. Pathologies in the long head of the biceps tendon were examined as full-thickness/partial tear and tendonitis-tendinosis. Results: A total of 123 patients were 57 male (mean age 50.49¡À11.8) and 66 female (mean age 56.2 ¡À 11.9). The anterior greater tubercle cysts were found in 50 patients and 41 (82%) of these patients had tears in the supraspinatus tendon. Supraspinatus tendon tear were observed all patients with the anterior greater tubercle cyst larger than 5 mm in cyst size. There were 64 (52%) cysts in the posterior greater tubercle and no significant association with infraspinatus tendon was detected. In lesser tubercle, 22 (18%) patients had cysts, and 10 (45%) of them had tears in subscapularis tendon, 19 (86%) patients observed the long head of the biceps tendon pathology. Thirteen (10.5%) patients had cysts in different tubercles. Conclusion: In the study, the posterior greater tubercle cysts are the most common cysts, and no significant a relationship was found with age and tendon pathology. The anterior greater tubercle cysts were observed widely torn in the supraspinatus tendon. The lesser tubercle cysts are seen less frequently and are associated with subscapularis tendon and the long head of the biceps tendon pathologies %K humerus ba£¿£¿ %K kist %K rotator man£¿et %K biseps tendon %K manyetik rezonans g£¿r¨¹nt¨¹leme %U http://dergipark.org.tr/ortadogutipdergisi/issue/44313/441876