title: Acute compartment syndrome in ruptured Baker's cyst.
abstract: We present a case report of a previously healthy 43-year-old man with a Baker's cyst and spontaneous venous bleeding in a leg compartment, which caused a compartment syndrome. A thorough evaluation of this case and the treatment are explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1070, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krome
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: L X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011151:Popliteal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous