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Table 2 Rotator cuff tendon pathology associated with teres minor fatty infiltration

From: How common is fatty infiltration of the teres minor in patients with shoulder pain? A review of 7,367 consecutive MRI scans

 

Normal

Tendinopathy

Partial Thickness Tear

Full Thickness Tear

Teres Minor

203 (97%)

4 (2%)

2 (1%)

0 (0%)

Supraspinatus

1 (0.5%)

40 (19%)

68 (33%)

100 (48%)

Infraspinatus

4 (2%)

84 (40%)

70 (33%)

51 (25%)

Subscapularis

8 (4%)

73 (35%)

97 (46%)

31 (15%)