Acute exertional compartment syndrome is the result of muscle ischemia within a tight fascial compartment. We report a 22- year-old boxer, with recent int ake of anabolic steroids, who developed acute exertional compa...Acute exertional compartment syndrome is the result of muscle ischemia within a tight fascial compartment. We report a 22- year-old boxer, with recent int ake of anabolic steroids, who developed acute exertional compartment syndrome of the lower legs following an assault from which he had to run away. He presented with bilateral footdrop. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (E MG) were consistent with bilateral deep and superficial peroneal neuropathies, b ut magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated hemorrhagic necrosis of the pre tibial muscles. This case illustrates that the differential diagnosis for footdr op includes not only central and peripheral nervous system and muscle causes, bu t also compartment syndromes.展开更多
文摘Acute exertional compartment syndrome is the result of muscle ischemia within a tight fascial compartment. We report a 22- year-old boxer, with recent int ake of anabolic steroids, who developed acute exertional compartment syndrome of the lower legs following an assault from which he had to run away. He presented with bilateral footdrop. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (E MG) were consistent with bilateral deep and superficial peroneal neuropathies, b ut magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated hemorrhagic necrosis of the pre tibial muscles. This case illustrates that the differential diagnosis for footdr op includes not only central and peripheral nervous system and muscle causes, bu t also compartment syndromes.
