Spontaneous Tibial Compartment Syndrome

Dietrich, Daniel L.; Paley, Kevin J.; Ebraheim, Nabil A.

doi:10.1097/00005373-199407000-00026

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“…Diagnosis of the syndrome is generally accepted when the compartment pressure exceeds 30 mmHg or is within 10–30 mmHg of diastolic blood pressure[2]. Spontaneous unilateral tibial compartment syndrome of unknown aetiology has been previously reported twice[3, 4] but one of these patients was subsequently found to have an underlying psychological disorder and was thought to have brought the compartment syndrome on by deliberate self‐harm[5].…”

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Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Smith

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1999

Diabetic Medicine

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We present a case of a patient with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) who spontaneously developed severe bilateral anterior tibial compartment syndromes which required extensive surgical treatment. While infarction of skeletal muscle in Type 1 DM remains rare and usually affects the larger compartments of the thigh, this diagnosis must be entertained in any patient presenting with acute leg pain. If a patient displays any features of acute compartment syndrome, prompt fasciotomy must be undertaken.

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Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Smith

Laing

1999

Diabetic Medicine

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“…Reneman [2] reports a series of 45 acute compartment syndromes, 37 of which were reported with no medical history of pain and being exertional ones. Blasier et al [3] report 2 cases during military exercise; the other reported cases are only isolated incidents [4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Delay in diagnosis of acute on chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg

2009

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Exertional compartment syndrome is most commonly described in its chronic form in the young sportive patient. The acute form is a lot rarer and usually only unilateral. We report a case in which a chronic compartment syndrome became acute after intense effort. This was diagnosed rather late due to the lack of knowledge about this syndrome. The necrosis noticed during the fasciotomy was removed by iterative interventions. The wound was left in secondary healing because the patient refused a flap. Upon the patient's last follow-up visit, the wound was healed, but he had a complete deficit in dorsal flexion of the ankle, a foot drop and consequently a step-page gait.

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“…Most of these cases are traumatic in origin. Very few acute, atraumatic, exercise induced compartment syndromes have been reported (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6).…”

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Acute Atraumatic Bilateral Compartment Syndrome In The leg

Deshmukh¹

2002

J R Army Med Corps

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Spontaneous Tibial Compartment Syndrome

Cited by 15 publications

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Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Delay in diagnosis of acute on chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg

Acute Atraumatic Bilateral Compartment Syndrome In The leg

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