title: [Unclear soft-tissue tumor].
abstract: Cystic necrotization with liquefaction and calcification of muscle tissue is a rare late sequel of compartmental syndrome. Diagnosis and treatment of this clinical picture is still a problem. In the literature, various therapeutic approaches are described such as incision, needle decompression, and complete compartmental debridement. We report a case in which cystic degradation and liquefaction of three compartments developed 51 years after a complete fracture of the tibia. The patient was treated by radical compartmental resection. No postoperative complication was noted, and almost no functional loss occurred.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerbrandverletzte, Operatives Referenzzentrum für Gliedmassentumoren, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum. joerg.hauser@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drücke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehnhardt
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Homann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications*