[Anatomical bases of ultrasonic examination of the shoulder joint]

Authors present the parts of the shoulder that can be represented by ultrasound. Beside the rotator cuff of accentuated significance (within this, first of all the tendon of the supraspinatus muscle) the subacromial bursa, the tendon of the long head of the biceps, the muscle-tendon junction of the infraspinatus muscle are analysed. It is stated that the ultrasonography is suitable for a reliable representation of the soft tissues, surrounding the shoulder joint, further in possession of literary data they see possibility for a very exact judgement of the pathological alterations, too.