Anatom3DSubdeltoid bursa
Bursa subdeltoidea · Poddeltová burza
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A large fluid sac between the deltoid muscle and the top of the arm bone, usually continuous with the subacromial bursa.
What it does
Lets the deltoid slide over the rotator cuff and the arm bone.
Keeping it well
Inflamed together with the subacromial bursa, causing outer shoulder pain; seen well on ultrasound.
Related conditions
- Bursitis
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Shoulder dislocation
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder