Point-of-care Ultrasound for Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Rupture

CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with left upper arm pain that started suddenly after lifting some plywood a few days prior. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed, which revealed a rupture of the long head of the biceps ten...

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Autores principales: Wayman, Browning S., Joseph, Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926728
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.7.47777
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description CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with left upper arm pain that started suddenly after lifting some plywood a few days prior. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed, which revealed a rupture of the long head of the biceps tendon. DISCUSSION: Biceps tendon rupture is a relatively rare occurrence; however, rupture of the long head is more common than the short head. Being competent in bedside musculoskeletal POCUS is important for the emergency physician and can help expedite care in cases such as the one presented here.
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spelling pubmed-74342502020-08-20 Point-of-care Ultrasound for Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Rupture Wayman, Browning S. Joseph, Ryan Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Images in Emergency Medicine CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 59-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with left upper arm pain that started suddenly after lifting some plywood a few days prior. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed, which revealed a rupture of the long head of the biceps tendon. DISCUSSION: Biceps tendon rupture is a relatively rare occurrence; however, rupture of the long head is more common than the short head. Being competent in bedside musculoskeletal POCUS is important for the emergency physician and can help expedite care in cases such as the one presented here. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7434250/ /pubmed/32926728 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.7.47777 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Wayman et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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