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.
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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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