Diagnosaurus
Shoulder pain
DDx
- Rotator cuff tendinitis ("impingement") or tear
- Subacromial bursitis
- Biceps tendinitis
- Osteoarthritis (acromioclavicular joint; rare in glenohumeral joint)
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Acromioclavicular (AC) separation
- Neck disorder, eg, osteoarthritis, herniated disk, tumor
- Rheumatoid or septic arthritis
- Calcific tendinitis
- Shoulder dislocation or fracture
- Avascular necrosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Fibromyalgia
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Brachial plexus neuropathy
- Referred pain from gallbladder, heart, diaphragm, Pancoast tumor
- Metastatic or primary tumor
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Shoulder Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114023/all/Shoulder_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Shoulder pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114023/all/Shoulder_pain. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Shoulder pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114023/all/Shoulder_pain
Zeiger RFR. Shoulder Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114023/all/Shoulder_pain.
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