title: Acute spontaneous compartment syndrome in recent onset type 1 diabetes.
abstract: Acute spontaneous compartment syndrome is a rare orthopaedic emergency that usually presents to general physicians as an acute medical admission. Most cases reported to date, in patients with diabetes, are in those with long-standing disease or with evidence of diabetic complications. An acute spontaneous compartment syndrome in a girl with recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is reported here. Awareness of the condition allows early recognition and diagnosis, thereby preventing more severe muscle necrosis and disability.
authors.affiliation: The Saplings, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. mahdi@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gough
authors.forename: Kanwardeep K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Brinder
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahon
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology