BILATERAL ANTERIOR TIBIAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM

Authors
THACKER AK AGRAWAL D SARKARI NBS
Citation
Ak. Thacker et al., BILATERAL ANTERIOR TIBIAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN ASSOCIATION WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM, Postgraduate medical journal, 69(817), 1993, pp. 881-883
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
69
Issue
817
Year of publication
1993
Pages
881 - 883
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1993)69:817<881:BATCSI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Local vascular and traumatic involvement are well-recognized causes of anterior tibial compartment syndrome (ATCS) terminating as myoneural ischaemia. However, in a large number of patients the cause of ATCS re mains unidentified. We document the occurrence of bilateral ATCS in a patient of hypothyroidism, to our knowlege a previously unrecorded ass ociation.