PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Georgina Stefanie Anne Phillips AU - Stephen Martin McDonnell TI - Compartment syndrome secondary to an atraumatic gastrocnemius tear in a patient on NOACs: presentation and complications of treatment AID - 10.1136/bcr-2018-225060 DP - 2018 Nov 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - e225060 VI - 11 IP - 1 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e225060.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/11/1/e225060.full SO - BMJ Case Reports2018 Nov 01; 11 AB - Acute compartment syndrome is a limb-threatening condition often associated with high-energy injury. We present the case of a man who sustained compartment syndrome secondary to an atraumatic tear in the gastrocnemius muscle and the complications which arose in his treatment due to his being on rivaroxaban.