X-ray Left Shoulder Joint AP - Test, Procedure & Cost

The patient could be examined and scanned for X-ray Left Shoulder Joint AP either in the standing or the supine state with your trunk that has not been rotated.

The X-ray beam would be then centered medial to your Glenohumeral joint.

The Healthcare professional would use the shoulder X-ray to further diagnose conditions like the broken bones, the arthritis along with dislocation.

The Shoulder X-rays are in general noninvasive in nature and not painful.

The Healthcare professional would use the shoulder X-ray to further diagnose conditions like the broken bones, the arthritis along with dislocation.

The Shoulder X-rays are in general noninvasive in nature and not painful.

In the AP view: The humeral head would lie in the medial and also inferior to your glenoid fossa.

Lateral view: The humeral head would lie anterior and also inferior to your glenoid fossa. The humeral head would then lie inferior to your coracoid process and this would typically be the most obvious in your lateral view.

Center your shoulder joint to midline of this grid. Then, adjust position of the cassette in a way that the center would be about 1 inch (2.5 cm) inferior to the coracoid process.

The coracoid process would then be about 2 cm inferior to the lateral portion of the palpable clavicle.

The anterior dislocations in general represent about the 90–95% of the shoulder dislocations.

In a compression fracture of your posterior and the superior part of your humeral head (Hill-Sachs lesion) or the blurring of your anterior border of the glenoid fossa that would suggest any bony Bankart lesion that might be seen.

Your shoulder AP glenoid view would be known as a true AP or the 'Grashey view' is an additional projection to your two view shoulder series. This projection would be used to assess your integrity of Glenohumeral joint.

On true AP projection, your lateral half of clavicle would be seen above your scapula, with your medial half being superimposed with the thorax.

On the AP axial projection, it I seen that most of clavicle would be projected above your scapula and ribs.

The shoulder is considered to the most regularly dislocated joint in your body; the dislocation might anteriorly, or posteriorly, or inferiorly, and anterior-superiorly. The anterior locations are in general, the most common. The patients with any prior shoulder dislocation are also seen to be more prone to any redislocation.

Most common causes of the shoulder dislocations are as follows:

• Any Sports injuries
• Any Accidents, including the traffic accidents.
• In case, you fall on your shoulder or outstretched arm.
• Seizures and any electric shocks, which would further cause any muscle contractions that could pull your arm out of place.

As such, there aren’t any prescribed limits on the radiation doses for patients.

The doctor generally considers the benefits versus risks for the patient, to understand how much radiation can be justified for accurate diagnosis and monitoring of the disease.

After the patient has undergone any radiographic, or fluoroscopic, or CT, or ultrasound, or the MRI exam, no radiation is said to remain in the body.