Shoulder Pain Differential Diagnoses

Differential Diagnoses

Shoulder disorders
- Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy and Subacromial Pain Syndrome
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Proximal Biceps Tendon Disorders
- Shoulder Osteoarthritis
- Inflammatory Arthritis (RA, hydroxyapatite deposition, Spondyloarthritis)
- Acromioclavicular Joint Osteoarthritis or separation
- Shoulder Labral Tear
- Quadrilateral Space Syndrome
- Avascular necrosis humeral head
- Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment
- Fracture
Cervical disorders
- Cervical radiculopathy (arthritis, disk, tumor)
- Cervical somatic referred pain (facet, disc)
Other
- Myofascial pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Herpes zoster
- Neuralgic Amyotrophy
- Psychiatric
- Septic arthritis
- Neoplasm
Visceral disorders
- Biliary disease
- Myocardial ischemia, infarction
- Intra-abdominal bleeding (ectopic, ruptured ovarian cyst)
- Pneumonia
- Lung tumor, Pancoast tumor
- Pulmonary embolus
- Ruptured abdominal viscus
- Ruptured spleen
- Abdominal malignancy
- Pericarditis

Axial Skeleton	Neck Pain Thoracic Pain Low Back Pain Sacroiliac Pain Coccydynia
Upper Limbs	Sternoclavicular Joint Pain Shoulder Pain and Instability Elbow Pain Wrist Pain and Instability Neuropathic Arm Pain
Lower Limbs	Hip Pain Lateral Hip Pain Groin Pain Posterior Thigh Pain Buttock Pain Anterior Thigh Pain Knee Pain Calf Pain Ankle Pain Foot Pain Neuropathic Leg Pain
Other	Abdominal Wall Pain Chest Wall Pain Joint Hypermobility Vertigo Widespread Pain Anterior Throat Pain Arthritis Rheumatology Symptoms