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Causes of Shoulder pain

This section discusses 107 medical conditions causing Shoulder pain. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Shoulder pain:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Shoulder pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Shoulder conditions
  • Shoulder injury
  • Shoulder Fracture
  • Shoulder separation
  • Torn Rotator Cuff
  • Broken shoulder blade
  • Collarbone injury
  • Broken Collarbone
  • Shoulder inflammation
  • Shoulder tendinitis - see tendinitis
  • Shoulder bursitis - see bursitis
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Shoulder arthritis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Shoulder joint calcium deposits
  • Impingement syndrome
  • Dislocated shoulder
• Referred shoulder pain
  • Whiplash
  • Fractured humerus
  • Ruptured bicep tendon
  • Disc conditions
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Diaphragm irritation
  • Diaphragm conditions
  • Liver abscess
  • Referred gallbladder pain
  • Gallbladder conditions - usually right shoulder pain.
  • Gallstones
  • Cholangitis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Internal bleeding - often causing shoulder-tip pain
  • Referred heart pain
  • Angina
  • Heart attack
  • Polymyalgia rheumatic
• See also causes of stiff shoulder, shoulder symptoms, joint pain, joint symptoms
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Fracture
• Dislocated shoulder bone
• Injury or trauma
• Acromioclavicular separation
• Acute pancreatitis
• Adhesive capsulitis
• Angina pectoris
• Bursitis
• Cholelithiasis
• Clavicle fracture
• Diaphragmatic pleurisy
• Dislocation
• Dissection aortic aneurysm
• Gastritis
• Humeral neck fracture
• Infection
• Pancoast's syndrome
• Perforated ulcer
• Pneumothorax
• Ruptured spleen
• Shoulder-hand syndrome
• Subphrenic abscess
• Tendinitis
• Painful arc syndrome
• Rotator cuff tear
• Rotator cuff rupture
• Synovitis
• Septic arthritis (see Joint pain)
• Neuropathy
• Scapulo-costal syndrome
• Tumor
• Cancer
• Pancoast syndrome

Causes of Shoulder pain listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Shoulder pain as a symptom include:

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Shoulder pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Shoulder pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Shoulder pain or choose View All.

A

• Ankylosing Spondylitis ... shoulder arthritis
• Autoimmune Myelopathy ... Shoulder pain

B

• Bicipital tendinosis ... shoulder pain
• Bicipital tendonitis ... shoulder pain
• Broken Collarbone ... shoulder soreness, shoulder pain
• Broken shoulder blade ... shoulder pain

C

• Cholangitis ... pain under right shoulder blade
• Cholecystitis ... pain under right shoulder blade

E

• Ectopic pregnancy ... shoulder pain
• Endodermal sinus tumor ... shoulder pain
• Epidermoid carcinoma ... shoulder pain
• Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor ... shoulder pain

F

• Facet syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Fitz-Hugh syndrome ... referred shoulder pain
• Frozen Shoulder ... shoulder pain

G

• Gallstones ... Pain under the right shoulder

H

• Hypophosphatemic rickets ... shoulder pain

I

• Impingement syndrome ... Shoulder pain

J

• Joint injury -- shoulder ... shoulder pain, shoulder tenderness

L

• Liver abscess ... right shoulder pain
• Liver cancer ... abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder

O

• Occupational Cancer -- Liver cancer ... Abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder

P

• Pancoast's syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Parsonage Turner syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Pneumothorax ... referred shoulder pain
• Polymyalgia rheumatica ... shoulder pain

S

• Scapulocostal syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy ... Shoulder pain
• Shoulder arthritis ... shoulder pain
• Shoulder bursitis ... upper shoulder pain, shoulder discomfort
• Shoulder conditions ... Shoulder pain
• Shoulder dislocation ... shoulder pain
• Shoulder Fracture ... severe shoulder pain
• Shoulder impingement syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Shoulder injury ... Shoulder pain
• Shoulder Pain ... shoulder pain
• Shoulder separation ... shoulder pain, shoulder tenderness
• Shoulder sprain ... shoulder pain, shoulder tenderness
• Shoulder tendinitis ... upper shoulder pain, shoulder discomfort
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, autosomal dominant ... shoulder pain
• Subacromial bursitis ... shoulder pain, shoulder tenderness
• Subphrenic abscess ... referred shoulder pain
• Syringomyelia ... shoulder pain

T

• Thoracic outlet syndrome ... shoulder pain
• Torn Rotator Cuff ... shoulder pain

W

• Whiplash ... shoulder pain
• Whiplash Injuries ... shoulder pain

X

• Xiphoid syndrome ... shoulder pain, shoulder tenderness, shoulder discomfort

Y

• Yunis Varon syndrome ... Clavicle pain

Conditions listing medical complications: Shoulder pain:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Shoulder pain' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

S

• Shoulder dislocation ... torn shoulder tendons, torn shoulder ligaments
• Shoulder separation ... torn shoulder tendons, torn shoulder ligaments
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda ... shoulder pain

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List of 107 causes of Shoulder pain

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Shoulder pain in our database from various sources.

• Acromioclavicular separation
• Acute pancreatitis
• Adhesive capsulitis
• Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
• Angina
• Angina pectoris
• Ankylosing Spondylitis - shoulder arthritis
• Arthritis
• Autoimmune Myelopathy - Shoulder pain
• Bicipital tendinosis - shoulder pain
• Bicipital tendonitis - shoulder pain
• Broken Collarbone - shoulder soreness
• Broken shoulder blade - shoulder pain
• Bursitis
• Cancer
• Cholangitis - pain under right shoulder blade
• Cholecystitis - pain under right shoulder blade
• Cholelithiasis
• Clavicle fracture
• Collarbone injury
• Diaphragm conditions
• Diaphragm irritation
• Diaphragmatic pleurisy
• Disc conditions
• Dislocated shoulder
• Dislocated shoulder bone
• Dislocation
• Dissection aortic aneurysm
• Ectopic pregnancy - shoulder pain
• Endodermal sinus tumor - shoulder pain
• Epidermoid carcinoma - shoulder pain
• Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor - shoulder pain
• Facet syndrome - shoulder pain
• Fitz-Hugh syndrome - referred shoulder pain
• Fracture
• Fractured humerus
• Frozen Shoulder - shoulder pain
• Functional disorders
• Gallbladder conditions - usually right shoulder pain.
• Gallstones - Pain under the right shoulder
• Gastritis
• Heart attack
• Humeral neck fracture
• Humerus juvenile osteochondritis
• Hypophosphatemic rickets - shoulder pain
• Impingement syndrome - Shoulder pain
• Impingement syndrome of shoulder
• Infection
• Injury or trauma
• Internal bleeding - often causing shoulder-tip pain
• Joint injury -- shoulder - shoulder pain
• Liver abscess - right shoulder pain
• Liver cancer - abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder
• Neuropathy
• Occupational Cancer -- Liver cancer - Abdominal pain extends to back and shoulder
• Osteoarthritis
• Painful arc syndrome
• Pancoast syndrome
• Pancoast's syndrome - shoulder pain
• Parsonage Turner syndrome - shoulder pain
• Parsonage-Aldren-Turner syndrome
• Perforated ulcer
• Pneumothorax - referred shoulder pain
• Polymyalgia rheumatic
• Polymyalgia rheumatica - shoulder pain
• Referred gallbladder pain
• Referred heart pain
• Referred shoulder pain
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Rotator cuff rupture
• Rotator cuff syndrome
• Rotator cuff tear
• Ruptured bicep tendon
• Ruptured spleen
• Scapulo-costal syndrome - shoulder pain
• See also causes of stiff shoulder, shoulder symptoms, joint pain, joint symptoms
• Septic arthritis
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathy - Shoulder pain
• Shoulder arthritis - shoulder pain
• Shoulder bursitis - upper shoulder pain
• Shoulder conditions - Shoulder pain
• Shoulder dislocation - torn shoulder tendons
• Shoulder Fracture - severe shoulder pain
• Shoulder impingement syndrome - shoulder pain
• Shoulder inflammation
• Shoulder injury - Shoulder pain
• Shoulder joint calcium deposits
• Shoulder joint dislocation
• Shoulder Pain - shoulder pain
• Shoulder separation - torn shoulder tendons
• Shoulder sprain - shoulder pain
• Shoulder tendinitis - upper shoulder pain
• Shoulder-hand syndrome
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda - shoulder pain
• Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, autosomal dominant - shoulder pain
• Subacromial bursitis - shoulder pain
• Subphrenic abscess - referred shoulder pain
• Synovitis
• Syringomyelia - shoulder pain
• Tendinitis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome - shoulder pain
• Torn Rotator Cuff - shoulder pain
• Tumor
• Whiplash - shoulder pain
• Whiplash Injuries - shoulder pain
• Xiphoid syndrome - shoulder pain
• Yunis Varon syndrome - Clavicle pain

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Drug side effect causes of Shoulder pain

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Shoulder pain as a side effect.

• Tamsulosin
• Flomax
• Doxazosin
• Cardura

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