The following is a list of potential complications of intra-articular or soft tissue steroid injections
Cushing’s syndrome — if administered more than once per month.
Steroid arthropathy.
Charcot-like arthropathy
Tendon rupture (due to atrophy)
Fat necrosis or calcification
Osteonecrosis (incidence is low)
Joint infection (Iatrogenic) – very low incidence
Pericapsular calcification
Median nerve atrophy (due to inadvertent injection of the median nerve in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome causing the nerve to atrophy).
Skin atrophy/depigmentation
Cataracts
Facial flushing/erythema
Hypersensitivity reaction
Postinjection flare
Uterine bleeding
Vasovagal reaction