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ArticleCureus2019

Idiopathic Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Leg with Incidental Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Case Report.

Ehizogie Edigin, Hafeez Shaka

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ehizogie EdiginInternal Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA.
Hafeez ShakaInternal Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, USA.
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) is an emergency. The majority of cases are caused by underlying trauma, especially fractures. Idiopathic atraumatic ACS of the leg is very rare. The diagnosis and management of ACS should focus on the clinical presentation to avoid delay in fasciotomy for limb salvage. ACS of the leg can be caused by massive proximal iliofemoral thrombosis and rarely occlusive popliteal vein thrombosis with total or near total occlusion. Nonocclusive distal popliteal vein thrombosis, especially if chronic, does not cause ACS and when seen in a patient with ACS, it is likely an incidental finding rather than the cause of the compartment syndrome. This is a case of idiopathic ACS of the right leg occurring in the presence of an incidental right chronic nonocclusive distal popliteal vein thrombosis.

Indexed as

acute compartment syndromeacute extremity compartment syndromeanticoagulationdeep vein thrombosisfasciotomyidiopathic acute compartment syndromespontaneous acute compartment syndrome

Identifiers

PMID31523561
PMCPMC6741357
OpenAlexW2962533828

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