Gluteal Compartment Syndrome Due to Rhabdomyolysis After Heroin Abuse

1 January 1997

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology

Vol. 48 (1) , 275-276
https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.48.1.275

Abstract

We report a 30-year-old man who developed painful swelling of his right leg and complete sciatic nerve palsy after an IV injection of heroin. Excessive elevation of serum creatine phosphokinase indicated the presence of rhabdomyolysis. Fasciotomy of the gluteus maximus led to rapid and complete recovery from sciatic nerve palsy. Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis may cause a gluteal compartment syndrome that requires immediate fasciotomy. NEUROLOGY 1997;48: 275-276

Keywords

RHABDOMYOLYSIS
HEROIN
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
PHOSPHOKINASE
LEG
GLUTEUS
IMMEDIATE
CREATINE
OLD

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