Acute spontaneous compartment syndrome in recent onset type 1 diabetes

Emerg Med J. 2007 Jul;24(7):507-8. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.046425.

Abstract

Acute spontaneous compartment syndrome is a rare orthopaedic emergency that usually presents to general physicians as an acute medical admission. Most cases reported to date, in patients with diabetes, are in those with long-standing disease or with evidence of diabetic complications. An acute spontaneous compartment syndrome in a girl with recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is reported here. Awareness of the condition allows early recognition and diagnosis, thereby preventing more severe muscle necrosis and disability.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Compartment Syndromes / complications*
  • Compartment Syndromes / pathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / pathology
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology