Thacker A K, Agrawal D, Sarkari N B
Department of Medicine, B.R.D. Medical College, Gorakhpur, India.
Postgrad Med J. 1993 Nov;69(817):881-3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.69.817.881.
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 remains unidentified. We document the occurrence of bilateral ATCS in a patient of hypothyroidism, to our knowledge a previously unrecorded association.