- 著者
- Yoshihiro Yabe Hiroshi Fujiki Hideki Kobayashi
- 出版者
- West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology
- 雑誌
- Orthopedics & Traumatology (ISSN:00371033)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.38, no.2, pp.435-438, 1989-10-25 (Released:2010-02-25)
- 参考文献数
- 6
Spontaneous rupture of the tendon during long-term systemic administration of steroids is rare and it is found only sporadically at the Achilles tendon.We report two cases of spontaneous rupture of the tendon during long-term systemic steroid therapy.One of the patients who was administered steroids for systemic lupus erythematosus developed rupture of the Achilles tendon, and the other treated for polyneuritis showed rupture of the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii muscle.These two cases are considered to show that rupture of the tendon occurred due to degeneration and weakness of tendon tissue during long-term systemic steroid therapy.