Adductor tendons

Cause, clinical and ultrasound findings

• Groin pain.

• This symptom is common in footballers and athletes.

• The adductor tendons are seen to arise from the body of the pubis and can be identified with ultrasound in a coronal oblique plane.

• Hypoechogenic fluid is seen around the tendon in tendinopathy.

• Cortical irregularity is seen in enthesopathy.