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Shoulder Pain (one shoulder) Underlying Cause
Common causes for shoulder pain include:
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Gout
- Osteoarthritis
- Rotator cuff tear
- Rotator cuff tendinitis
- Septic arthritis
- Shoulder A-C separation
- Shoulder bursitis
- Shoulder contusion
- Shoulder dislocation
- Shoulder fracture
- Shoulder impingement syndrome
- Shoulder sprain
- Shoulder tendinitis
Less common causes for shoulder pain include:
- Angina
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Cholangitis
- Dissecting thoracic aneurysm
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Fitz-Hugh syndrome:
- A complication of pelvic inflammatory disease
- Gallbladder disease
- Gallstones
- Heart attack
- Herniated disk
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- Liver abscess
- Liver cancer
- Lupus
- Lyme disease
- Pancreatitis
- Perforated ulcer
- Pneumothorax
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Pseudogout
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rickets
- Ruptured spleen
- Subphrenic abscess
- Syringomyelia
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
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Last Updated: Feb 10, 2011 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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