S upraScapular neuropathy has been recognized as a potential cause of shoulder pain and weakness. 2,5 Along its course to innervate the supraspinatus muscle, infraspinatus muscle, and glenohumeral joint, the suprascapular nerve (SSN) passes through 2 potential points of impingement: the suprascapular notch and the spinoglenoid notch. 41 Paralabral (extraneural) cysts are globular masses filled with mucoid material that emanate from the glenohumeral joint and can occasionally extrinsically

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... ss the SSN at these anatomical bottlenecks. 2,5,9 A rare variant form, the intraneural ganglion cyst, can extend within the SSN from the glenohumeral joint and assume a characteristic tubular pattern when assessed by MRI. 30 Over the past 2 decades, the arthroscopic treatment of paralabral cysts 16 has been thoroughly validated.