Rupture of pectoralis major muscle in an elderly patient receiving long-term hemodialysis: case report and literature review.
Total or near-total rupture of the pectoralis major muscle is rare. It has mainly occurred in male patients between 20 - 40 years of age while performing weight-lifting. Major tendon rupture is a rare but well-documented complication of long-term dialysis. However, rupture of pectoralis major in dialysis patients had never been reported before. Here, we present a pectoralis major rupture in an elderly patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis. Both old age and long-term dialysis could be risk factors of rupture. The clinicians should pay more attention to this complication when taking care of elderly patients on hemodialysis.
Ho
L-C
LC
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chiang
C-K
CK
Huang
J-W
JW
Hung
K-Y
KY
Wu
K-D
KD
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed