title: Popliteal vein thrombosis causing compartment syndrome: a case report.
abstract: Compartment syndrome as a result of venous thrombosis is an uncommon occurrence. Generally, phlegmasia cerulea dolens or proximal venous thrombosis results in elevated compartment pressures. Distal venous occlusion rarely is reported as a cause of compartment syndrome. This is a case report of an otherwise healthy patient in whom popliteal vein thrombosis developed and resulted in elevation > 40 mm Hg of 3 leg muscle compartments requiring fasciotomies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: VanFleet
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011152:Popliteal Vein; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging