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Rotatorcuff pathology is the most common cause of shoulder pain and disability. Rotatorcuff pathologies range from tendinosis to complete tears. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rotator cuff pathologies and to determine if Ultrasonography compares favourably in sensitivity and specificity to MRI in the diagnosis of rotator cuff pathologies. Material and methods: 70 patients with suspected rotator cuff pathologies referred to radiology department for MRI examination were subjected to USG examination using a PHILIPS Affinity 30 Ultrasound machine and 1.5 Tesla SIEMENS MAGNETON ESSENZA MRI machine. The agreement between the two methods was assessed using kappa coefficient. Results: Out of 70 patients, 67(95.7%) were diagnosed to have rotator cuff pathologies, by using MRI as reference. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of USG in detecting pathologies of Supraspinatus was 80. 7%, 80%, 95. 8% and 42. 1%, Infraspinatus was 45.5%, 96.4%, 71. 4% and 90% and Subscapularis was 68%, 97.6%, 94. 4% and 83.7% respectively. The agreement between USG and MRI was assessed using kappa coefficient, which showed the strength of agreement was “ Good” between two modalities. Conclusion: To conclude that, High resolution Ultrasonography is a cost effective, dynamic, easily available and acceptable Screening modality for rotator cuff pathologies in patients presenting with painful shoulder. There was a statistically significant agreement between Ultrasonography and Magnetic-resonance-imaging in diagnosis of ‘Supraspinatus and Subscapularis’ pathologies, but there was a ‘weak’ agreement between twomodalties in diagnosis of ‘ Infraspinatus’ pathologies.

Diagnostic Accuracy of High Resolution Ultrasonography in Comparison with MRI for Evaluation of Rotator Cuff Pathologies