title: Compartment syndrome following robotic-assisted prostatectomy: rhabdomyolysis in bone scintigraphy.
abstract: Major urologic surgery performed in the lithotomy position sometimes results in the serious complication of rhabdomyolysis. A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for prostate adenocarcinoma. A whole-body bone scan was performed to exclude bony metastases, which demonstrated no bone lesions but showed intense soft-tissue activity in gluteus maximus muscles, findings suggestive of a myopathy. He had just undergone right nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy in the lithotomy position for 6 hours and presented with swollen bilateral thighs. Elevation of creatine kinase level confirmed muscle injury.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. ronghsin.yang@gmail.com
authors: Rong-Hsin
authors: RH
authors: Yang
authors: Yum-Kung
authors: YK
authors: Chu
authors: Chia-Wen
authors: CW
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012371:Robotics