Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Glenolabral Articular Disruption (GLAD)

A glenolabral articular disruption (GLAD) lesion is a nondisplaced superficial tear of the anterior-inferior labrum that is accompanied by injury to the adjacent articular cartilage. The articular cartilage injury may range from fibrillation to a depressed osteochondral defect.

A GLAD lesion is thought to result from a forced adduction of the shoulder with the arm in abduction and external rotation.

References

  • Steinbach LS. Chapter 5. In Chung CB and Steinbach LS. MRI of the Upper Extremity: Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, and Hand. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2010. p 293.
  • Sanders TG, Tirman PF, Linares R, Feller JF, Richardson R. The glenolabral articular disruption lesion: MR arthrography with arthroscopic correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Jan;172(1):171-5.

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