TY - JOUR T1 - Ruptured Baker's cyst with compartment syndrome: an extremely unusual complication JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2012-007901 VL - 2012 SP - bcr2012007901 AU - Mark Hamlet AU - Ilias Galanopoulos AU - Avinash Mahale AU - Neil Ashwood Y1 - 2012/12/20 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007901.abstract N2 - A 69-year-old man presented with sudden onset of pain with acute tense swelling of his left leg. Initially he was treated empirically with antibiotics for cellulitis while the possibility of deep vein thrombosis was ruled out. His symptoms gradually worsened with progressive distal neurological deficit and increasing pain. Further investigations suggested that he had a ruptured Baker's cyst in the calf with development of compartment syndrome. ER -