Complete Proximal Long Head Biceps Tendon Rupture in an Elite 17-year-Old Softball Pitcher: A Case Report

JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Nov 7;14(4). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.23.00552. eCollection 2024 Oct 1.

Abstract

Case: This case report describes the successful treatment of a year-round teenage softball pitcher who sustained a proximal biceps tendon rupture who underwent successful subpectoral tenodesis. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case of such an injury occurring in an underhand throwing teenage athlete.

Conclusion: This case highlights an unusual instance of a sport-related injury in an adolescent softball pitcher, suggesting that the softball pitch in elite athletes may put similar stress on the shoulder to overhead throwing athletes over time and further demonstrating that patients may continue to have success at elite levels of competition after tenodesis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Athletic Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Athletic Injuries / surgery
  • Baseball* / injuries
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rupture / surgery
  • Shoulder Injuries / surgery
  • Tendon Injuries* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tendon Injuries* / surgery
  • Tenodesis / methods