Spontaneous Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm in Association with Nephrotic Syndrome and Transient Bacteremia

Overview

Journal J Surg Case Rep

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2014 Jun 25

PMID 24960769

Citations 5

Authors

H Chim

Ht Soltanian

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Abstract

We present a patient with spontaneous compartment syndrome of the upper extremity in association with nephrotic syndrome and transient bacteremia, of which the exact cause of compartment syndrome was unclear. This is an extremely rare occurrence, and index of suspicion should be maintained even in the absence of trauma when a patient presents with acute swelling of the upper or lower extremity together with nephrotic syndrome.

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