SPONTANEOUS TENDINOUS BREAKAGE IN SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOUS LUPUS - DISCUSSION OF 2 CASES

Authors
FORMIGA F MOGA I PAC M VALVERDE J FITER J PALOM X
Citation
F. Formiga et al., SPONTANEOUS TENDINOUS BREAKAGE IN SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOUS LUPUS - DISCUSSION OF 2 CASES, Revista Clinica Espanola, 192(4), 1993, pp. 175-177
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Revista Clinica Espanola → ACNP
ISSN journal
00142565
Volume
192
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
175 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-2565(1993)192:4<175:STBISE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Spontaneous tendinous breakage is a rare complication in patients with systemic erythematous lupus. Bilateral tendinous breakage is an excep tional phenomena. Two cases of bilateral spontaneous breakage are disc ussed, one achillea, the other patellar, its frequency is compared in the scientific literature with the one found in the patients at our ce nter. Magnetic Resonance usefulness is underlined to confirm the diagn osis of tendinous breakage.