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Case Reports
. 1999 Feb;16(2):168-9.
doi: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00020.x.

Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

A L Smith  1 , P W Laing
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Case Reports

Spontaneous tibial compartment syndrome in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

A L Smith et al. Diabet Med. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) who spontaneously developed severe bilateral anterior tibial compartment syndromes which required extensive surgical treatment. While infarction of skeletal muscle in Type 1 DM remains rare and usually affects the larger compartments of the thigh, this diagnosis must be entertained in any patient presenting with acute leg pain. If a patient displays any features of acute compartment syndrome, prompt fasciotomy must be undertaken.

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