Spontaneous tendon rupture of the extensor digitrum communis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
We present a rare case of spontaneous tendon rupture of the extensor digitorum communis (EDC) in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Inflammation in SLE presents as periarthritis, which may develop into Jaccoud's arthropathy. We bridged the ruptured tendon of the EDC (III) at the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint of this patient with a tendon graft. This case demonstrates that this portion of the MP joint can be a site of tendon rupture of fingers in SLE patients.
Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
Hisao
H
Oishi
Ryo
R
Oda
Shinsuke
S
Morisaki
Hiroyoshi
H
Fujiwara
Daisaku
D
Tokunaga
Toshikazu
T
Kubo
D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology*