GLUTEAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME DUE TO RHABDOMYOLYSIS AFTER HEROIN ABUSE

Authors
KLOCKGETHER T WELLER M HAARMEIER T KASKAS B MAIER G DICHGANS J
Citation
T. Klockgether et al., GLUTEAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME DUE TO RHABDOMYOLYSIS AFTER HEROIN ABUSE, Neurology, 48(1), 1997, pp. 275-276
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
275 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:1<275:GCSDTR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report a 30-year-old man who developed painful swelling of his righ t leg and complete sciatic nerve palsy after an IV injection of heroin . Excessive elevation of serum creatine phosphokinase indicated the pr esence of rhabdomyolysis. Fasciotomy of the gluteus maximus led to rap id and complete recovery from sciatic nerve palsy. Nontraumatic rhabdo myolysis may cause a gluteal compartment syndrome that requires immedi ate fasciotomy.