TY - JOUR T1 - Increasing thigh pain: acute compartment syndrome! JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.12.2009.2513 VL - 2010 SP - bcr1220092513 AU - Paul W Ackermann AU - Fausto Labruto AU - Rüdiger J Weiss AU - Karl-Åke Jansson Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.12.2009.2513.abstract N2 - A previously healthy, 45-year-old man presented with a 2 day history of increasing pain in the left thigh, which was swollen and tender, without any history of trauma. Blood pressure, peripheral pulses and laboratory tests were normal. Compartmental pressure in the anterior left thigh was 50 mm Hg (normally <30 mm Hg), indicating an acute compartment syndrome (ACS).1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination, obtained in order … ER -