Magnetic resonance imaging of pectoralis major injuries: a radiologist's essential guide.

MeNore G Lake, Matt R Skalski, Michael K Chiu, Nicholas A Lewis, Dani Sarohia, Eric A White, Dakshesh B Patel

Abstract readReview

In one paragraph

Review in Emergency radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

MeNore G LakeMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. MeNore.Lake@med.usc.edu.

Matt R SkalskiSkalski Chiropractic Radiology, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA.

Michael K ChiuMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Nicholas A LewisMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Dani SarohiaMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Eric A WhiteMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Dakshesh B PatelMusculoskeletal Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complex and variable anatomy of the pectoralis major, and the evolving description of this anatomy and its patterns of injury in the literature contribute to the challenge in applying a standardized classification scheme for injuries [1, 2]. While pectoralis major injuries are uncommon injuries, their occurrence is increasing. Many patients after this injury will present to the emergency department. It is important for emergency radiologists to understand the imaging findings of these injuries. Diagnosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can avoid surgical delay and improve patient outcomes [3]. This article presents a focused anatomic and imaging discussion of pectoralis major injuries as seen on MRI.

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingPectoralis MusclesEmergency Service, HospitalHumansAnatomyMagnetic resonance imagingPectoralis majorPectoralis major injuries

Identifiers

PMID40772985

DOI10.1007/s10140-025-02370-1

PMCPMC12496263

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.