title: Chronic anterior tibial compartment syndrome. A light-microscopic, histochemical and electronmicroscopic analysis.
abstract: A case of chronic anterior tibial compartment syndrome is reported where the entity was accompanied with a primary neurogenic type of muscle atrophy. Histology, histochemistry and electronmicroscopy indicated the diagnosis. The authors concluded that in a moderate case of leg trauma with peroneal nerve involvement, when it is complicated by intermittent arterial spasm, the anterior tibial compartment syndrome may develop chronically.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis