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Acute Compartment Syndrome Complicating Deep Venous Thrombosis

[ ISSN : 2473-0688 ]

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Received: 21-Nov-2018

Accepted: 26-Nov-2018

Published: 27-Nov-2018

Case Report | Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Article DOI :

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Senthil Dhayalan¹, David Jardine¹, Tony Goh², and Nicholas Lash³

¹Senior Registrar and General Physician, Dept of General Medicine, NZ

²Consultant Radiologist, Dept of Radiology, NZ

³Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dept of Orthopaedics, NZ

Corresponding Author:

Jardine D, General Medicine Department, Christchurch hospital, Private Bag 4710, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand, Email: david.jardine@cdhb.govt.nz

Abstract

A 40-yr old, heavily-built man initially presented to his general practitioner 2 days before admission with recent onset of pain and swelling in his left calf. A duplex ultrasound scan demonstrated a popliteal and lower leg deep vein thrombosis [DVT], extending 15 cm above the knee into the femoral vein. He was started appropriately on enoxaparin 130 mg bd. Despite the treatment, the pain got worse, particularly when standing, and he was admitted for symptom control.

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Dhayalan S, Jardine D, Goh T and Lash N. Acute Compartment Syndrome Complicating Deep Venous Thrombosis. SM J Case Rep. 2018; 4(3): 1089.