An Unusual Case Report of Suprascapular Compression Neuropathy as a Result of Non-Appearance of The Suprascapular Notch: An Anatomical Study
Olatayo Segun Okeniran1*, Adesanya Olamide Adewale1, Adeeyo Olusola Atilade2, Eric Aigbogun Jr1 and Afodun Adam Moyosore1
1Department of Human Anatomy, Kampala International University, Uganda
2Dean of College of Health Sciences, Federal University Oye Ekiti , Nigeria
*Corresponding Author: Olatayo Segun Okeniran, Department of Human Anatomy, Kampala International University Uganda.
Received: February 26, 2022 Published: March 08, 2022
Abstract
Suprascapular compression neuropathy being an inherited neuralgia know to be an infrequent source of shoulder disorders which mostly comes with pain at the back of the shoulder and tearing of the rotator cuff muscles mainly the supraspinatus (SS) and infraspinatus (IS) muscles leads to constriction of the suprascapular nerve located in the suprascapular notch. During a routine osteology class practical with a pre-clinical medical student in the second year of the Anatomy Department, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Uganda, was noted that the left shoulder bone of a male cadaver demonstrated an upper border with an absence of a suprascapular notch. There is no record about the absence of the suprascapular notch among the Ugandans and also in the whole east African population to date but according to the present investigation, there is an indication that non-appearance of the suprascapular notch can be found among the Ugandan population.
Keywords: Scapula, Shoulder Bone, Suprascapular Notch, Suprascapular Compression, Neuropathy
Citation: Okeniran OS, Adewale AO, Atilade AO, Aigbogun Jr E, Moyosore AA. “An Unusual Case Report of Suprascapular Compression Neuropathy as a Result of Non-Appearance of The Suprascapular Notch: An Anatomical Study”. SVOA Orthopaedics 2:2 (2022) Pages 30-34.