VARIATIONS IN THE ANATOMY OF THE SCAPULA WITH REFERENCE TO THE SNAPPING SCAPULA

Two clinical cases led to an examination of 700 scapular dry bone spec imens in an effort to understand variations in anatomy of possible rel evance to the development of a painful snapping scapula. The medial su perior border and the inferior pole of the scapula respectively displa yed areas of bony variability that appeared to be of clinical conseque nce in these 2 cases. The 2 areas are common sites of clinical symptom atology in the painful snapping scapula. Variations in the bony anatom y require consideration during the workup and evaluation of this condi tion.