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Tear gluteal tendons

Patient Positioning

Patient lies on the opposite hip.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer over the greater trochanter as a landmark and shift the probe to get an image with the gluteus medius in the left aspect and the greater trochanter in the right aspect of the image section.

Probe Placement Hip
Probe Placement Hip

note: tear of the tendon of the gluteus medius muscle at the level of the superoposterior and lateral facets

note: tear of the tendon of the gluteus minimus muscle with and without pressure of the probe.

note: tear of the tendon of the gluteus medius with anechoic hematoma.