Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease
Tendon rupture is a rare complication that occurs in patients receiving corticosteroid therapy. We report a case of a middle-aged man with mixed connective tissue disease who presented with spontaneous biceps tendon rupture 5 weeks after initiation of high-dose corticosteroid therapy. Musculos...
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Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
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| author | Ong Swee Gaik |
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| description | Tendon rupture is a rare complication that occurs
in patients receiving corticosteroid therapy. We
report a case of a middle-aged man with mixed
connective tissue disease who presented with
spontaneous biceps tendon rupture 5 weeks after
initiation of high-dose corticosteroid therapy.
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography was performed
at the clinic and helped to confirm the diagnosis.
It is a new imaging modality that is increasingly
used in rheumatology clinics in Malaysia as it
serves as an extension to physical examination.
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is preferred
by patients as it is noninvasive, does not involve
ionising radiation, painless, relatively inexpensive
and can be performed readily at the clinic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe73814893a24a09ba9fa52769e2ffcb2022-12-21T17:13:20ZengAcademy of Family Physicians of MalaysiaMalaysian Family Physician1985-22742013-12-01833133Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue diseaseOng Swee Gaik0Kuala Lumpur HospitalTendon rupture is a rare complication that occurs in patients receiving corticosteroid therapy. We report a case of a middle-aged man with mixed connective tissue disease who presented with spontaneous biceps tendon rupture 5 weeks after initiation of high-dose corticosteroid therapy. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography was performed at the clinic and helped to confirm the diagnosis. It is a new imaging modality that is increasingly used in rheumatology clinics in Malaysia as it serves as an extension to physical examination. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is preferred by patients as it is noninvasive, does not involve ionising radiation, painless, relatively inexpensive and can be performed readily at the clinic.http://e-mfp.org/pdf/2013v8n3/tendon-rupture.pdftendon rupturecorticosteroidmusculoskeletal ultrasonography |
| spellingShingle | Ong Swee Gaik Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease Malaysian Family Physician tendon rupture corticosteroid musculoskeletal ultrasonography |
| title | Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| title_full | Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| title_short | Spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| title_sort | spontaneous biceps tendon rupture in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease |
| topic | tendon rupture corticosteroid musculoskeletal ultrasonography |
| url | http://e-mfp.org/pdf/2013v8n3/tendon-rupture.pdf |
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