title: Systemic capillary leak syndrome associated with compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis.
abstract: Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent spontaneous episodes of hypovolaemic shock due to marked plasma shifts from the intravascular to the extravascular space. This presents as the characteristic triad of hypotension, haemoconcentration and hypoalbuminemia often with an associated monoclonal gammopathy. We describe a patient with SCLS who required aggressive fluid resuscitation and emergency fasciotomies for compartment syndrome with rhabdomyolysis. At presentation the patient was considered to have severe erythrocytosis and was therefore initially referred to a haematologist, which appears to be a frequent sequence of presentation for patients with SCLS. This patient also highlights the importance of muscle compartment pressure monitoring during volume resuscitation in patients with SCLS.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit and Haematology Department, Liverpool Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanghavi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aneman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Champion
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D019559:Capillary Leak Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000150:complications; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications*