A 68-year-old woman with a history of epilepsy and polymyalgia rheumatica was treated with 10 mg/day of prednisone.
You have pain, swelling and functional impotence in the right alveoli seven days after starting treatment with levofloxacin (500 mg/day) indicated for a urinary infection.
Median ultrasound showed partial tendon rupture.
After withdrawal of the drug and conservative treatment with rest and orthosis, the condition resolved within two months.
