Basic imaging of the rotator cuff

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This patient has trouble lifting heavy objects since a tennis injury, with chronic left shoulder pain. You are shown a series of images from their shoulder MRI. Try to identify the following muscles, which are indicated in brown, purple and green on the MRI images:

supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis

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subscapularis

supraspinatus

infraspinatus

Do you think their supraspinatus is normal?

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