title: Acute limb ischemia due to abdominal compartment syndrome.
abstract: Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is caused by embolisms or progressive atherosclerosis. We report the case of a 68-year-old female who presented with acute total occlusion of left iliac artery due to remarkably massive ascites from pancreatic cancer. To our knowledge, no other case reports of ALI caused by acute compartment syndrome have been published. We treated our case successfully by draining the ascites fluid without any balloon angioplasty or stent implantation. The removal of extrinsic compression may be the best treatment for cases of this type.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D059325:Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: abdominal compartment syndrome; acute limb ischemia